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Maths Village

Description	Village run by a group of mathematicians and maths communicators from all over the UK
Contact	User:MScroggs
Activities	Maths
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Katie Steckles

Matthew Scroggs

Max Hughes

Michael Erskine

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About

The Maths Village is located at 52.0407183, -2.3776493 (at Workshop tent 5).

The Maths Village is run by a group of mathematicians and maths communicators from all over the UK - including researchers, authors, presenters, YouTubers and hobbyists. This year the Maths Village will be one of EMF's Workshop Villages, hosting workshops from the main programme alongside their own content.

Last EMF, we had a selection of hands-on maths puzzles, free maths magazines, interactive gadgets and games, dome-building workshops, face painting and a MathsJam evening.

If you're a big maths fan already, or want to get into it (or back into it) you're welcome to join us to do some maths, and see what exciting stuff we've come up with this time. To join the Maths Village and camp with us, contact Scroggs or Katie and we can send more info. We'll also be running plenty of drop-in activities and workshops over the weekend, so anyone is welcome to come by and do some maths!

Photo of a long table inside a tent, along which are laid out a variety of geometric and mathematical puzzles, including wooden balls, shapes and mirrors.

Hands-on maths puzzles in the 2022 Maths Village tent

Photo of a wooden sign with chalkboard in the centre, made up to look like a pub sign for a pub called The Box and Whisker, with a box and whisker plot drawn on it. The sign hangs off the side of a white tent with the word 'MATHS' visible made from coloured wooden letters hanging along one side

The Maths Village in 2022 converted itself to a temporary pub for one evening, in order to host a MathsJam.

Activities in the Maths Village

Here's a list of things we're hoping to offer this year in the Maths Village. Closer to the time we'll be able to confirm timings for these sessions.

Interactive hands-on exhibits: including a printer that prints mathematical zines for you to fold up and keep, a photo booth that lets you print your photo onto a 3D origami toy, and some exhibits from MathsCity, the UK's hands-on maths discovery centre

Mathematical workshops: including a badge making workshop where you can learn about circle theorems, a range of mathematical craft activities including flexagons, binary keyrings, dome building, and a mathematical busking workshop where you can learn some tricks to amaze your friends!

Drop-in activities: as well as our MathsJam evening, where we turn the maths tent into a temporary pub for the night, we'll have a drop-in mathematical face-painting session, free maths magazines to take away, and other goodies (including a mathematical Pop-up Shop, which will only be open at certain times).

If you want to get involved in organising Maths Village things, contact Scroggs or Katie.

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-== About ==
+= About =
+The Maths Village is located at [https://map.emfcamp.org/#19.9/52.0407183/-2.3776493 52.0407183, -2.3776493] (at Workshop tent 5).
 The Maths Village is run by a group of mathematicians and maths communicators from all over the UK - including researchers, authors, presenters, YouTubers and hobbyists. This year the Maths Village will be one of EMF's Workshop Villages, hosting workshops from the main programme alongside their own content.
 Last EMF, we had a selection of hands-on maths puzzles, free maths magazines, interactive gadgets and games, dome-building workshops, face painting and a [https://mathsjam.com MathsJam evening].
-If you're a big maths fan already, or want to get into it (or back into it) you're welcome to join us to do some maths, and see what exciting stuff we've come up with this time.
+If you're a big maths fan already, or want to get into it (or back into it) you're welcome to join us to do some maths, and see what exciting stuff we've come up with this time. To join the Maths Village and camp with us, contact [[User:MScroggs|Scroggs]] or [[User:KatieSteckles|Katie]] and we can send more info. We'll also be running plenty of drop-in activities and workshops over the weekend, so anyone is welcome to come by and do some maths!
+[[File:Mathsvillage2022-puzzles.jpg|alt=Photo of a long table inside a tent, along which are laid out a variety of geometric and mathematical puzzles, including wooden balls, shapes and mirrors.|thumb|Hands-on maths puzzles in the 2022 Maths Village tent]]
+[[File:Mathsvillage2022-pubsign.jpg|alt=Photo of a wooden sign with chalkboard in the centre, made up to look like a pub sign for a pub called The Box and Whisker, with a box and whisker plot drawn on it. The sign hangs off the side of a white tent with the word 'MATHS' visible made from coloured wooden letters hanging along one side|thumb|The Maths Village in 2022 converted itself to a temporary pub for one evening, in order to host a MathsJam.]]
+= Activities in the Maths Village =
+Here's a list of things we're hoping to offer this year in the Maths Village. Closer to the time we'll be able to confirm timings for these sessions.
-== Activities in the Maths Village ==
+'''Interactive hands-on exhibits''': including a printer that prints mathematical zines for you to fold up and keep, a photo booth that lets you print your photo onto a 3D origami toy, and some exhibits from MathsCity, the UK's hands-on maths discovery centre
-=== Things We're Already in Progress on Planning ===
+'''Mathematical workshops''': including a badge making workshop where you can learn about circle theorems, a range of mathematical craft activities including flexagons, binary keyrings, dome building, and a mathematical busking workshop where you can learn some tricks to amaze your friends!
-==== Maths Zine Printer ====
-* Katie is sourcing components and building a zine selection box with buttons
-* Scroggs has a receipt printer and can do code for it
-* Zine content to be sourced from workshop on 12th April: https://mathszines-emf.eventbrite.co.uk
-==== Kaleidocycle Photo Booth ====
-* Ayliean wants to make a photo booth that takes a photo of you and prints it on a kaleidocycle
-* Lisa has a wooden photo booth frame, plus hopefully printer and screen
-* 'One day hack' (Scroggs' words) to build the thing (based on something like https://christianp.github.io/hexaflexagon/)
-* Finished net should fit 2-up on A4
-* Can run a workshop for people to assemble them if people want help
-==== Circle Theorems Badge Workshop ====
-* Katie has a badge maker
-* Alison is happy to run a workshop on Circle Theorems
-* Alison will also sketch out some designs for badges of the circle theorems, which Katie can prep/print
-* People make and take away a badge of their favourite circle theorem at the end
-* Katie will need to check stock of badge making bits and bring printouts, colouring in stuff etc
-* Satisfying thunk noise/big handle, deeply enjoyable
-=== Things that should be able to happen with a minimum of planning ===
+'''Drop-in activities''': as well as our MathsJam evening, where we turn the maths tent into a temporary pub for the night, we'll have a drop-in mathematical face-painting session, free maths magazines to take away, and other goodies (including a mathematical Pop-up Shop, which will only be open at certain times).
-==== Maths Busking Workshop ====
-* Teach some people to do some maths busking tricks
-* Who can then come back and practice them to people who are queuing for...
-==== Maths Face Painting ====
-* Run it as last time
-* Provide entertainment to people waiting in the queue
-* Amy is happy to do painting again, will be able to set up 2/3 tables with people painting (could be clever and put two sets of kit out on shared tables in the middle and have 4 painting stations)
-==== MathsCity Dome Kits ====
-* Katie can pick these up in the van on her way down
-* Max can run workshops as needed
-* Lisa to laser cut and sell tiny versions of the dome kit (yes)
-==== Some kind of Geogebra workshop ====
-* Surely
-==== MathsJam evening ====
-* Run it as a hybrid between a pub jam and gathering: half an hour of lightning talks (could be past MathsJam talks or new ones - maybe invite Luna Kirkby, Ben Ashforth, Adam Townsend Via The Internet, etc to reprise old favourites) followed by general jamming
-* Katie can bring MathsJam In A Box and supply some puzzles, old Shouts, cards/dice/pens etc
-* Everyone else can bring stuff too
-=== More Speculative Other Ideas ===
+If you want to get involved in organising Maths Village things, contact [[User:MScroggs|Scroggs]] or [[User:KatieSteckles|Katie]].
-==== Workshops to use up shit that's in Katie's cupboard ====
-* Small number of binary keyrings (as per https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z2kcy8w5dr2wfzjwk48iw/keyring-assembly-sheet.pdf?rlkey=9h6r797a4rtew7nmwu7l32xjf&e=1&dl=0)
-* Till rolls that could be made into hexaflexagons
-==== Does anyone want to design fractal bunting we can put up in the tent? ====
-* Amy does
-==== Large Touch Screen running https://sciencevsmagic.net/geo/ ====
-* Needs: to borrow someone's large touch screen
-* Could just be a regular screen and a mouse right?
-==== Katie was going to build a unix time clock which we could put up in the tent ====
-* Might get around to it
-==== Maths Village Shop? ====
-* Can Katie bring her books to sell?
-* Lisa's probably got other stuff we can sell too
-* Could run it for specified times during the weekend so we don't have to leave stuff out
-* Could do something stupid like make it be open at literally random times, that we advertise but they're stupid (like for 8 minutes between 3.40pm and 3.48pm)
-==== Amy mentioned mathematical temp tattoos ====
-* Do we sell these in the little shop? Or just give them away?
-* Katie's brother-in-law used to have inkjet printable temp tattoo paper - could see if he still has it, or get more