"The Code" - SBS On Demand great for teaching circles, pi, SHM, prime numbers and more!!

This tv program follows a mathematician as he seeks to discover the 'code' of numbers hidden in the world. The fantastic way that God has made the world so that all the numbers work together so beautifully.

This documentary is very well put together and I would be very happy to show relevant sections to my students.

The first half of this program looks at:

• Prime numbers
  
• simple harmonic motion - music
  
• Circles
  
• Pi is irrational
  

Click Here to access the program on SBS On Demand (for the next 9 days)

 

A new use for mathematics - to put you to sleep?

Sometimes us mathematicians get a bad rap.

 

"what do you do?"

 

"I'm a maths teacher."

 

"oh, I didn't like maths at school"

 

 

Had that conversation before? Checkout life hacker who suggests using numbers as a cure for insomnia.

 

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/do-some-maths-if-you-have-trouble-fallingasleep/#.Tz4jFVRIqKI.mailto