During 2014 we will also be launching a series of legacy projects. One of these will be a set of regional maths walks. Maths walks are projects which could be done by a local branch, a school, an undergraduate maths society, a company, or any group of interested volunteers. They are guides to a town or region, based on its mathematical features, and are meant to inspire families, school parties or anyone visiting who would like to learn a bit of maths as well. The walks are intended to raise awareness of mathematics in our daily lives and in particular to stimulate the interest of many young people so that they will go on to be the mathematicians of the future. A group of IMA members, led by Garrod Musto CMathTeach FIMA and Steve Humble FIMA (aka Dr Maths) had a pleasant evening wandering around Bath, looking at the sights and thinking up mathematical issues, questions and puzzles related to them. Later on in the evening (at the pub) the notes were compared and the beginnings of the maths walk started to take shape. A bit of extra work later and we had the IMA Bath Maths Walk. We challenge all IMA members to do likewise.
The walks will be in the form of a leaflet which will also be placed on the IMA website. If you would like any further information or support to help you create such a maths walk to launch in 2014 please contact Garrod Musto gjm@kingswood.bath.sch.uk
