Think Maths

Here's Zoe getting excited about maths and summer from the recording of Friday's Summer Celebration! Schools can still book access to the recording to use with all/any of your students this summer, or you can join the next live shows on 8 July. More at think-maths.co.uk/summer-cel…

Sofia Manara of the Canadian School of Milan was also highly commended with an electronic music track created ‘using the software Soundtrap by plugging the first 100 digits of π into a synthesiser and into a drum machine’. youtu.be/eRHjBmJYaEQ

And next we have Harris Taylor of South Craven School with a song (video below) he wrote and performed (on three instruments and vocals): youtu.be/DcVts0R6suY

And from the same school here is a video representing Pi by Daniel Hardy youtu.be/-n8tjD85AxQ

Next up is Ben Howarth from Hope Valley College with a 3D printed Pi made out of the digits of Pi!

And now for the 'highly commended', in alphabetical order. We start with Bea Harrison of @ColytonGrammar with this epic pi skyline!

In third place was this 3.14 mile long Pi shaped run tracked on a running app, by Grace Eminson of Saint Cecilia's Church of England School.

In second place was this insPired piece of music written by Ingrid Linn of The Rochester Grammar School: youtu.be/e1qabTZfIIE

Over the next couple of weeks we'll be tweeting the top entries to the Pi representation competition (see think-maths.co.uk/pi-results). We start today with the winning entry - this fabulous rap about Pi by Angela Ning of Cheltenham Ladies College: youtu.be/gQ8xLOMbJrk

The Great Collatz Collab is complete! Follow up video on Matt_Parker_2 here: youtu.be/lnpFqdQJAFA, final super map can be viewed here: bit.ly/collatzcollab and participating schools: email [email protected] by 13 Jan if you'd like a printed copy.