New kids survey
After the huge success of our first survey about Maths and Maths-Whizz in the student bedroom we decided to release a second survey that focuses only on your child’s attitude to Maths. If your child hasn’t answered the Maths section in our previous survey yet please tell them to give their opinion! They can access [...]
Read the whole postIn Memory: Tom Rawlins
We had some terrible news on Monday here at Whizz Education. Tom Rawlins, one of our former Flash developers, died unexpectedly last week. Tom was a decent, warm, and enthusiastic man; a pleasure to work with. Whilst with Whizz Education he produced a number of our animated flash exercises and exam-style tests, and drew some of our best-known [...]
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Who would have thought legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson would inspire a talented young woman to pursue a career in maths? Prominent mathematician Moon Duchin, profiled yesterday in the Scientific American in a ‘where-are-they-now’ feature, reveals what inspired her to study maths. “I wanted to be a mathematician since I was 7,” she says. She [...]
Read the whole postMaths-Twister
Want to learn your number bonds* and get some exercise? Try Maths-Twister! In this video, a teacher demonstrates a useful classroom game to help students practise their number facts and mental arithmetic by playing a variation on the classic game ‘Twister’. Read on for our take on the ‘Maths-Twister’ recipe, or watch the video on the BBC’s new [...]
Read the whole postThe Professor Returns!
The adventurous academic with a funny hat is back! He’s exploring central American jungles, learning about ancient cultures and bringing his young sidekicks along for the ride. …no, not him, The Professor! Â
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Stop the press: News Report Shows Maths is Useful. Bit of a no-brainer, that one, but not everyone would appreciate just how useful maths and physical science skills are to one industry in particular – computer gaming. The BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones reports from the north-east of England on the state of the UK’s computer gaming industry [...]
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