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Explore the intersection of mathematics and crime through themed lessons, activities, and workshops. From bank robberies to fingerprinting, engage in logic problems and real-life scenarios to prevent and solve crimes. Visitors from universities offer insight into how maths can help in the fight against crime. Get involved in competitions, interactive activities, and even a murder mystery event to support the South Africa Expedition. Enhance literacy, citizenship, and thinking skills with a focus on applying maths to various crime-related scenarios. Engage in modern foreign languages, English, ICT, and art activities related to crime scenes and statistical analysis.
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Maths Week 4th – 8th February 2008 Maths and Crime
Literacy: Crime in the media Citizenship: Fingerprinting Tutor Activities Assembly follow up: Competition: Using crime statistics Thinking skills: Logic/Inverse problems
Key Stage 3 • Themed lessons: • Bank robbery (Speed, Distance, Time) • Overflowing prisons (Research the facts and figures) • Diamond robbery (using real-life graphs) • Millionaire’s Mansion
Key Stage 4 • Themed lessons: • Stolen Goods (solving by simultaneous equations) • Policeman’s Dilemma (Sequences and patterns)
Visitors • ITT Students • Durham University • Carousel of activities for KS3 • James Blowey • Durham University • Using maths to prevent crime • KS3, KS4 and KS5 • Chris Budd • Bath University • How maths can help in the fight against crime (lecture/workshop) • KS4 and KS5
Extra-curricular activities • Staff competition - can you solve the crime? • Daily competitions for pupils • Interactive online competition for the local community • Lunchtime showing of Numb3rs Series. • KS3 STEM Club Theme
How you can get involved? Modern Foreign Languages: Solving numerical problems in French based on crime. English: Using crime statistics to write and present a news report. ICT: Fraud. Database containing crime statistics. Art: Photography of crime scenes linked to sequences
Wednesday 5th March 7-9 pm All proceeds to South Africa Expedition Murder by Numbers