Mathematics – Heritage – Education
“The resource uses a story-first approach to promote richer experiences and telltale signs that maths is nearby, and highlights things that have been found to be necessary prerequisites for creating any type of maths-focused resource.”
Tags: archives, education, galleries, libraries, mathematics, MathsInMuseums, museums, online, ResourceDevelopment, resources
Maths Week Scotland comissioned me to write some learning resources. The original brief was very open: they wanted five maths-themed activities, related to the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, to be offered to teachers (and anyone else looking to explore mathematical themes) for free on their website.
Tags: D'Arcy Wentworth Thomspon, Eleanor Pairman, John Napier, Mary Somerville, mathematics, Maths Week Scotland, online, resource creation, ResourceDevelopment, Scotland, Sheila Scott Macintyre
In 2024 I wrote one paper each for the national and regional levels of the competition in the codebreaking category.
Tags: mathematics, ResourceDevelopment
The Bank of England opened a new exhibition all about The Future of Money on 29th February 2024, but from its very inception they recognised that wherever there’s money, there’s maths…
Tags: mathematics, museums, ResourceDevelopment, resources, teaching
“It includes a mixture of original and replica fossils with interpretation cards for each one, and a set of activity suggestions to help students make the most of the opportunities to explore planet Earth before humanity existed.”
Tags: Catherine Holden, education, Kate Travers, mathematics, museums, ResourceDevelopment, resources, science, STEM
“The workshop includes hands-on activities that allow students to better understand how the sewerage systems that they take for granted work behind the scenes, and how they fit into the water cycle, and also a tour that takes them amongst the enormous beam engines.”
Tags: Catherine Holden, education, Kate Travers, Leicester, museums, onsite, ResourceDevelopment, workshop
As part of Kate Travers Associates I was commissioned to develop classroom resources to support the AHRC-funded project Florence Nightingale Comes Home for 2020. Click the image above to find out more.
Tags: Catherine Holden, digital, Kate Travers, maths, museum, online, ResourceDevelopment, resources, teaching