Curious about our Further Mathematics Conference? Explore resources from previous years to see the ideas, activities and approaches covered – and get a flavour of what you could take back to the classroom: buff.ly/czRYa5M #FurtherMaths
Ben Sparks
@sparksmaths.bsky.social
Mathematician, Musician, Speaker, Teacher, Author. Freelance & MEI & Uni of Bath MEI: Maths into AI Uni of Bath: Communicating Maths module Also Numberphile & Maths Inspiration On YouTube @SparksMaths Book a talk or workshop: www.bensparks.co.uk
📍 Learn alongside fellow teachers at a study day in Birmingham, London or Manchester. Our Bringing the Maths of Data Science and AI blended course includes 4 online sessions, 1 study day and a £350 subsidy for eligible participants. Starts 14 Oct. buff.ly/JfrD5bI #AlevelMaths #MathsPD
Grant Sanderson's (3blue1brown) guest post on Terry Tao's blog pretty much affirms and expands on my opinion of what's missing in maths academia: more maths communication overall, and especially towards different audiences.
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it
[This is a guest post by Grant Sanderson. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] A sentiment echoing throughout the mathematics communit…
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💻 Explore data using Desmos and Python while developing activities and approaches you can take straight back to the classroom. Join our blended bringing the Maths of Data Science and AI course for A level Mathematics teachers. buff.ly/JfrD5bI #MathsIntoAI #MathsPD
Once again, time to check what you think AI means. For clarity, and although the article never gets round to saying it, I bet this is *NOT* someone asking Chat-GPT "is this a milk bottle?". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI helps recycle old milk bottles into new plastic packaging
AI identifies crushed plastic milk bottles at Redcar plant, helping turn waste into new packaging.
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MEI & AMSP are running a "Maths into AI" course specially for students *not* studying A level Maths. Perfect for Core Maths, Economics, Statistics & Comp. Sci. students. Intros to Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI. Get more details and sign up here: amsp.org.uk/teachers/mat...
Maths, Shakespeare and Elizabethan History in the West End! On 19th Nov I'm doing my one hour 'Much Ado About Numbers' show at the delightful Club for Acts & Actors in Covent Garden. Tickets are just £12 for non-members, details of the show and booking below. www.eventbrite.com/e/much-ado-a...
Much Ado about Numbers
“Brilliantly informative, witty and engaging. Stellar!” Patrick Spottiswoode, founder of Shakespeare’s Globe Education
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The AMSP 'Bringing the Maths of Data Science and AI into the #ALevelMaths classroom' PD course is open for booking Learn about how to integrate data science ideas into your teaching 4 online sessions and a study day - starts 14 Oct … … and there's a £350 bursary amsp.org.uk/teachers/mat...
💻 Have students interested in AI who aren’t studying A level Maths? Maths into Data Science and AI gives the opportunity to explore machine learning, data science and Python through real-world datasets and activities. Starts 29 Sept buff.ly/ETFGqmP #MathsIntoAI
A Level Further Mathematics 📍 Teaching Further Mathematics 1 (Birmingham) amsp.org.uk/teachers/ext... 📍 Teaching Discrete Mathematics (London) amsp.org.uk/events/teach...
A Level Mathematics 📍 Teaching Statistics 1 (Leeds & London) amsp.org.uk/teachers/ext... 📍 Teaching Mechanics 1 (Manchester & London) amsp.org.uk/teachers/ext... 📍 Teaching A Level Mathematics (Manchester & York) amsp.org.uk/teachers/ext...
Are you teaching #ALevelMaths or #ALevelFurtherMaths this year?? We still have a few places on our fully funded longer-term CPD courses with study days around the country. If you are in Leeds I'll be there this year talking statistics! 🤩 Full details: amsp.org.uk/teachers/extended-pd-courses/
Extended Professional Development Programme - AMSP
Extended professional development courses for AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics teachers.
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Want to help out with this year’s MathsJam UK Gathering? We need volunteers to help with running the event, organising lifts for attendees, and many other things! Email volunteer@mathsjam.com if you can help.
Many sixth formers studying maths want a career that involves helping the environment and working with people. Few of them think of civil engineering as an option. On 18th Sept we're putting on a special Maths Inspiration show about this very topic. Aoife Hunt hosts three great young speakers.
Sixth form teachers! On 18th September we're putting on a special FREE 75-minute show in Dulwich about maths and Civil Engineering. It's aimed at Year 12s. You MUST email to reserve places, see poster below. It'll be brilliant for students who are considering their options for university.
The AMSP Maths into Data Science and AI courses for #ALevelMaths and non-A level Maths students are now open for booking for the autumn term. You can apply now for your students at: A level - amsp.org.uk/teachers/mat... Non A level - amsp.org.uk/teachers/mat...
The AMSP 'Bringing the Maths of Data Science and AI into the A level Mathematics classroom' PD course is now open for booking for the autumn term 4 online sessions and a study day in London, Birmingham or Manchester (and there's a £350 bursary for attending!) amsp.org.uk/teachers/mat...
A small number of places have become available on our New to Teaching A level Mathematics Summer School. Build confidence in teaching pure maths, mechanics and statistics alongside fellow teachers. 🔗 buff.ly/nc6yhwc #ALevelMaths #MathsTeachers
The next episode of the TMiP podcast is now available! Listen to members of the TMiP community, and others who communicate maths, sharing their experiences, opinions and top tips on maths communication. Find all episodes and more info at https://tmip.uk/podcast
Latest video on Numberphile - full version over on The Tubes - youtu.be/cOTf_YEmSOU
Maths Gear is an online shop based in the UK, selling fun and functional (as in, related to functions) mathematical toys, gifts and puzzles. Find it all at
Maths Gear - Mathematical toys and curiosities
We sell nerdy maths things
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Fun new video from @bradyharan.bsky.social with @sparksmaths.bsky.social about the triangular numbers, sum of squares, sum of cubes. Very visual as always with THE WOLVERINE OF MATHS www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOTf...
Our incomplete history of music comes to an end tonight. Final episode available from 9pm. Of course, there's a bonus tenth episode coming for patreon subscribers next month though! youtu.be/lp75UZKxRbo
For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music - Part Nine | Presented by Charlotte Ritchie
YouTube video by The Cosmic Shambles Network
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Talking Maths in Public (TMiP) is the UK's network for maths communication, bringing together people who communicate maths in a range of formats, to a variety of audiences. Sign up for our newsletter, find out about our activities and listen to our monthly podcast by visiting https://tmip.uk
I asked Gemini if it's more accurate to say that LLM's are sycophantic or obsequious, and it said that was one of the best questions it had ever been asked.
I recorded this bit for @cosmicshambles.com about a week after my son was born. I'm gobsmacked I was even coherent. The For The Record documentary is worth a watch!
Turns out there's some pretty nifty maths at work in the background that helps to explain why we like the music we like. And it's all to do with frequencies... Sort of. In part 2 of For the Record musician & mathematician @sparksmaths.bsky.social breaks it down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHC...
Turns out there's some pretty nifty maths at work in the background that helps to explain why we like the music we like. And it's all to do with frequencies... Sort of. In part 2 of For the Record musician & mathematician @sparksmaths.bsky.social breaks it down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHC...
Book promotion time! @steckl.es and I worked together again on this one, published a few weeks ago (but I've only just got hold of a copy myself!). uk.bookshop.org/p/books/why-... Let us know what you think! (P.S. Cover design was not actually our choice...)
Why Don’t Rabbits Rule The World?: Mathematical answers to life’s key questions
Have you ever wondered why, despite their adorable exterior, rabbits haven't taken over the world? Are you struggling to land a date? Or bend a free kick like Beckham? These questions - though frustra...
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We’ve only recently added another maths book to the site - authored by Katie Steckles, Sam Hartburn and Ben Sparks, 100 Ideas in 100 Words: Maths was commissioned by the Science Museum and has 100 snappy summaries of mathematical concepts:
100 Ideas in 100 Words: Maths (signed hardback)
One of the first titles in a cutting-edge new series created in partnership with The Science Museum, this book introduces 100 key areas of maths - such as prime numbers, algebra, probabil...
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Charlotte Ritchie presents the critically acclaimed 'For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music', a new landmark nine part docuseries tracing the entire history of music from The Big Bang to AI and everything in between. Stream it now for free on youtube.com/cosmicshambles