Inspiring young people for mathematics is one important goal of Matheon.
Therefore, we are organizing diverse activities for schools and the public in order to show that mathematics is not necessarily dry, outmoded and abstract:
Math can be vivid, up-to-date and concrete - and most important - math can mean real fun!
We bring current mathematical research topics into your schools: On request, Matheon scientists will give a lesson on their research topics,
presented in a way appropriate to the respective class level. We will show that not all problems are already solved or to be found in educational books, but instead that mathematics is a vivid and
creative science always full of new and fascinating developments.
Under the slogan "Math is everywhere" scientists from Matheon use a series of lectures entitled "MathInside"
to show how versatile and useful math can be. After all, modern mobile phones, cars, medical equipment, public transport and stock exchanges are nowadays also
based on many mathematical methods. The lectures take place in Urania Berlin and are primarily addressed towards older pupils, but are of course open to everybody.
Each day from December 1 to 24, at 18 o'clock sharp a virtual door opens on our website www.mathekalender.de,
presenting a tricky new mathematical problem which young people are invited to solve online. Last year, we were happy to count more than 9000 pupils and also adults from all over the world as participants
Each year in cooperation with the networking schools, we organize a summer school for older pupils in Blossin, a small town near Berlin.
Under the slogan "Feeling like math" several small groups of pupils work on mathematical subjects under the supervision of Matheon scientists and teachers from the networking schools.
Matheon members are also involved in the project "Doing math differently",
which is supported by the Deutsche Telekom Stiftung and the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung. The core intention is to establish a nation-wide skill enhancement initiative for mathematics teachers.
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