As this year’s National Final draws ever nearer, the excitement is beginning to build in the one hundred or so schools still left in the competition. Brian has just recorded an interview about it and you can listen in on: http://www.andertontiger.com/jaguar.
The Challenge is now in its 12th season and, if the emails and teacher evaluations we receive are anything to go by, it is getting more popular than ever before! Our aims are simple; to help raise standards of achievement in mathematics across an age range of 9 to 16, to help motivate students generally, to show students of all abilities that maths can be fun and that there is a reason for doing it! Using tried and tested software that simulates the setting up of a racing car, students will encounter a variety of mathematical tasks (some practical) in an effort to win a series of races! The competitiveness of the Challenge will keep your students focussed for months! Just look at what is covered…
- Percentages
- Multiplication, Division
- Calculator work (or not!)
- Decimals, rounding, context
- Ratios, chance, risk, strategy
- Angles, measurement, scale
- Speed, distance, time
- Maths modelling… what happens if?
- Engine performance, aerodynamics, gears, suspension
- Team strategy, working together
- Interpreting graphs, statistics
- Data handling
- Personal Learning and Thinking Skills
- Functional Maths Skills
- And can you imagine what you could achieve in your STEM Club as well?
The Challenge is now recognised as something that not only motivates both the students and teachers who take part, it also brings a freshness to the teaching and learning of mathematics across the board. Indeed, from teacher feedback, it has become clear that the Challenge, and what it is achieving, is stretching way beyond the maths classroom and into all walks of school life! Why not contact us today and let your students join in the fun?
We are delighted to support the National Numeracy initiative. For details on this great project, click here.
The Challenge is recognised by the STEM Directories as being a scheme to enhance and enrich the learning of students and are also linked to the curriculum of all years and age groups. Click here for more information.
We are delighted to announce that we have just been awarded the CPD Standard accreditation from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics for our teacher training courses. If you are interested in finding out more about these please contact us or for our range of training courses, click here.
Students taking part in the Challenge are eligible to register for a Bronze CREST Award as we are a ‘Linked Scheme’.
Click Here for full details.
Click logo if you would like to join ‘The World of Cars Maths in Motion’
22nd March 2013/World Exclusive Interview
Two budding writers at All Saints Primary, Bury, interviewed Brian about MIM. Click here to see what they found out!
21st March 2013/1st Knockout Round
Click here to see if you made it through to the semi-final.
28th February 2013/GDST has first race
Click here to see what happened in the first Girls Day School Trust Race.
30th January 2013/1st Knockout round
The setup for the first round of the 2012/13 Challenge was published today.
Click here for further details.
17/18th January 2013/Fun in the snow at Newham
We have just completed our training day schedule for 2012/13 with two brilliant days in London Borough of Newham. Click here for a report and pictures.
7th January 2013/2012 Christmas Fun Race
The winners of the Age Range 3 Christmas Fun Race, The Compton School, Finchley, wrote to say how much they had enjoyed taking part and sent us a photo of themselves in their Magny Cours, France, T-shirts and hats. Well done lads! Click here to see their photo.
8th December 2012/2012 Christmas Fun Race
Click here to see the ‘Top 10′ leaderboards in each of the Age Ranges. Well done to everyone who took part.
8th October 2012/Woodley CE Taster Day
The pupils at Woodley CE Primary turned into teachers for the day and trained up three other schools for the Challenge. Click here for a report and pictures.
19th July 2012/Olympic Race for All Saints!
We have received a wonderful report/case study from Michaela Ekkel, All Saints CE Primary School, Bury, telling us how they used ‘Cars Maths in Motion’ software with the WHOLE JUNIOR SCHOOL. Click here to see how they did it!
16th July 2012/ The Summer Madness Race
The Primary and Secondary races have been run. Click here to see if your school made it onto the podium!
12th July 2012/ Racing at Neston High School
‘Enterprise Day’ saw a group of Year 8 and Year 9 students go on a day trip to Monaco. Click here for more!