Girls enrichment in Sussex
How quickly we change and adapt to the circumstances around us! Only a few weeks ago, a group of Year 10 girls were coming together to participate in the challenge and fun of enrichment events.
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Bringing mechanics to life
It feels like a lifetime ago but, back in March, the AMSP was still running face-to-face teacher professional development events.
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SIR models of disease spread
Back in March, when the UK lockdown was just beginning, I was tinkering with GeoGebra and was reminded of GeoGebra’s ability to solve differential equations by Juan Carlos Ponce Campuzano, who tweeted a link to his awesome SIR model where GeoGebra did all the heavy lifting of solving the differential equations.
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Immerse yourself in Desmos
In these days of social distancing and isolation, our working days have changed immensely. The days of seeing up to 150 (or more) students per day – with all their chatter and eagerness to learn – even after the Easter break, seem like fond and distant memories.
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Online sessions for your department
Lockdown conditions are not preventing us from supporting as many departments across the region as we can – we’re very happy to deliver sessions to your department online instead.
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New Area Coordinator for South Yorkshire
It is my pleasure to have been appointed to the role of Area Coordinator for South Yorkshire, taking over from my colleague Simon Dawson.
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Maths Feasts
As usual, Maths Feasts took place in early March, where teams of students worked their way through four rounds of questions.
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Farewell!
After eight happy years with the AMSP, and before that the FMSP, I have finally decided the time has come to retire and I will be leaving the AMSP at the end of April.
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Content from this year’s Further Mathematics Conferences now available online
This year, the AMSP ran its annual Further Mathematics Conferences in February and March. Unfortunately, this coincided with the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, resulting in cancellations and difficulties attending events that did go ahead.
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