This is a hands‐on workshop and will introduce delegates to the freely available, open‐source and general‐purpose programming language Python ‐ which is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Python will be used to enhance the teaching and learning of Mathematics at A‐Level and beyond. Delegates need no prior knowledge of programming to benefit from this workshop.
Feedback from January and July 2021 Workshops
“Dr Lynch reacted immediately to delegates queries, it felt very personal and caring. Dr Lynch is clearly enthusiastic about content and communicated desire for the impact of his course to ripple through the educational system.”
“All of the content was useful and insightful and the way Stephen explained everything was clear. The pace of the workshop was also great as it allowed you to work at the same pace as him if you wanted, or to work ahead as we had the resources provided.”
“I am not an experienced Python user so I did find it useful attempting the problems in real time as opposed to just copying `out of a book’.”
“I am very grateful for this workshop and other IMA webinars. This was my second. I just loved both so far. Python is not included in my undergraduate maths modules, so the workshop was more than useful.”
“The workshop really gave me a desire to be fluent with Python. Thank you for an interesting and enriching course!”
Workshop Itinerary
Friday 21 January:
12:00pm – 1:00pm Introduction and using Python as a powerful graphing calculator
1:00pm – 1:15pm Coffee Break
1:15pm – 2:00pm Symbolic Python with sympy
2:00pm – 2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30pm – 3:30pm Numerical Python and plots using numpy and matplotlib
3:30pm – 3:45pm Coffee Break
3:45pm – 5:00pm Programming, Jupyter notebooks, Google Colab and Beyond A‐Level Maths
Saturday 22 January:
10:00am – 11:00am Introduction and using Python as a powerful graphing calculator
11:00am – 11:15am Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:00pm Symbolic Python with sympy
12:00pm – 12:30pm Lunch Break
12:30pm – 1:30pm Numerical Python and plots using numpy and matplotlib
1:30pm – 1:45pm Coffee Break
1:45pm – 3:00pm Programming, Jupyter notebooks, Google Colab and Beyond A‐Level Maths
Requirements
Delegates need to download Anaconda on to their own computers: https://www.anaconda.com
For Google Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/ delegates will need a Google account
Registration and Cost
Registration for this event is open via the MyIMA Portal. This event costs £5 to book.
Please note that the content for each workshop day is the same so please only book for one date.
Link to book for Friday 21 January (12pm-5pm)
Link to book for Saturday 22 January (10am-3pm)
Registration will close on 19 January 2022.
The fees go towards covering staff costs, and the cost of software licence fees required to run the conference.
IMA Zoom Instructions and Code of Conduct
Additional Resources
Python for employability: https://www.mathscareers.org.uk/python-for-a-level-maths-undergraduate-maths-and-employability/
Jupyter notebook covering the A‐Level syllabus: http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/S.Lynch/Python_for_A_Level_Mathematics_and_Beyond.html
Beyond A‐Level Maths: http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/S.Lynch/DSAP_Jupyter_Notebook.html
Organisers
This event has been organised by
Dr Stephen Lynch FIMA SFHEA
Holder of Two Patents
Author of PYTHON, MATLAB®, MAPLE™ AND MATHEMATICA® BOOKS
STEM Ambassador and Speaker for Schools
MMU Public Engagement Champion
For further information please contact the IMA Conferences Department
E-mail: conferences@ima.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1702 354 020,
Address: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EF, UK.
