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| Significant lengths in a pentagram... |
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| ...are related by the golden section. |
I've been fortunate enough to be involved with these for the last couple of years. The Lincolnshire masterclass series for Year 8 pupils is organized by John Slater, with support from Yvonne Croasdaile of the Further Mathematics Support Programme and Robert Heathcote of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle.
It was my turn to deliver on Saturday 10th March: my class is called "What Happens Eventually?" and is basically about iterative processes, with refreshment stops at the Golden Section and Stupidly Large Numbers! However, I've been finding that there's a lot of unused material left over, so I think next time I'll do the remainder, once I've checked it will work standalone.
The masterclasses run from 10am until 12.30pm, with a short break; we had just over 50 students in one of the larger maths classrooms at Lincoln Christ's Hospital School. The two-and-a-bit hours seemed to flash past and student engagement seemed high - I'm awaiting feedback!
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