Recommended sites for Maths, Science, MFL and Geography

Sorry for my recent lack of posts but here I hope get back up to date. ;)

Maths

Pearson active learn is a great resource for students to use outside of school. It means that students can access their textbooks, to get help with homework or to work on things they are struggling with. It is also useful for stretching yourself and having a go for those A* questions you didn't have time for.
It currently only has GCSE textbooks on there, so is very useful for years 10/11 but less so for younger years; although if you think you are ready for it go ahead!

www.pearsonactivelearn.com

Science

If you are interested in science or technology pick up a copy of focus magazine (available in the library). It features lots of interesting articles and is great if you want to know more. This month is about memory; how big is our brain's capacity?, Will our brain become full?, Can we implant false memories?

MFL

wordreference.com is a great website for translating between many languages, it provides an online dictionary so unlike Google translate it will show you all of the translations of a word and associated phrases, this means you will get a more natural and more correct translation. Hopefully you will find it useful!

Geography

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a great website to track natural disasters, earthquakes or other world events. It is great for extending your background knowledge and it may surprise you how many earthquakes are happening around the world every day, some even under your feet!

Happy π (Pi) Day!

Happy π Day everybody! It is the 14th of March (3.14 = Pi to 2 decimal places, 3rd month, 14th day!)  . So I'll recommend some awesome delicious as π websites. First up is http://digitsofpi.com in which on its home page explains the basics of Pi and then you type and ask to calculate π to up to 100,000 decimal places. Second is http://www.joyofpi.com which celebrates everything joyous π which has humorous and interesting facts about π. Finally here's http://www.piday.org/ which celebrates Pi Day and has a interesting sections on Pi's history and how people around the world celebrate Pi Day. Now here's π to 12.1 trillion digits condensed in a computation since it was discovered by Japanese mathematician Shigeru Kondo on 28th of December 2013!!: 

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1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 : 50 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 : 100

2597691971 6538537682 7963082950 0909387733 3987211875 : 4,999,999,999,950 6399906735 0873400641 7497120374 4023826421 9484283852 : 5,000,000,000,000 0874753286 1800417105 0417234177 3440660835 6303291247 : 5,000,000,000,050 0494788787 3350953767 0283816394 7603993291 8259328455 : 5,000,000,000,100

9544408882 6291921295 9268257225 1615742394 7483010753 : 9,999,999,999,950 9804871001 5982157822 2070871138 6966940952 1989228675 : 10,000,000,000,000 4392476662 7656619000 2124460557 5531593458 4820611421 : 10,000,000,000,050

7774158802 8607364081 0882791485 3424578359 2017915623 : 10,999,999,999,950 9022892022 4547999448 8759918307 1538211154 9129857424 : 11,000,000,000,000 8850838032 0621312483 8327044318 1257233570 9958940293 : 11,000,000,000,050

0225990312 0715120901 2625933350 2113726804 5410547637 : 11,999,999,999,950 9229203002 7190437071 4461941152 9088219512 2780551965 : 12,000,000,000,000 6281443745 8325315851 4346900240 7029751021 5197388736 : 12,000,000,000,050

2323632519 7260136778 4244176022 7323590892 5620919959 : 12,099,999,999,950 6850993485 4514351158 7381100302 4015062599 1743930275 : 12,100,000,000,000 2840983997 4140672353 4319030217 7521257272 1740258075 : 12,100,000,000,050

Recommend for Maths lessons: Mathletics

The website called "http://www.mathletics.co.uk/" is a fun and entertaining website which helps children with their math skills.

You also get to have a character to start off with and then as more matches you win against opponents you earn fake money and then you can buy accessories, clothes, backgrounds and many other things for your character. Also you can enter a competition and earn a certificate. I will strongly advise you to use this website for maths even though it will cost £39.99 for a child.  

By Lagosan

Recommend for Maths lessons: Watch Simpsons and Futurama episodes-it's that simple!

If you watched any episodes of the Simpsons or Futurama, it has very clever and nerdy mathematical references from Pi to 1729 embedded in it. This is because the writers have Masters and Bachelors even doctorates in mathematics.

They have even created a proper mathematical theorem hidden in 'The Prisoner of Benda" Futurama episode. From more in-depth details of these awesome secrets I recommend reading The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by British mathematician Simon Singh (buy it here, SPOILER-it's brilliant).

So in your maths class, have a story time of this book or ask your teacher to turn on Simpsons/Futurama episodes on projector from WatchCartoonOnline.com or YouTube then locate these deliciously excellent easter-eggs, then the teacher can explain the mathematics behind it.

Recommend for Maths lessons: BBC Bitesize, Calculator and My Maths

For KS3 I recommend http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/maths/ . You can use this to revise or learn.

Here is a calculator http://www.online-calculator.com/

Good websites for students and teachers are:   http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ or http://www.mangahigh.com/en-gb/


Have fun learning maths!

Recommend for Maths lessons: IXL Learning

I have found a good website for revision called IXL it has revision for reception to year 12.

http://uk.ixl.com



By Sam Shackleton