Development of Building the Olympics show for high-school pupils through Maths Inspiration charity

这个故事的两个主角是首席研究员保罗·谢泼德博士和慈善机构数学灵感。其背后的驱动力是2012年奥运会即将在伦敦举行。这福尔斯属于进步和发展资助项目类型，因为它建立在保罗开发的体育场馆数学讲座的巨大成功基础上，并在过去两年中向5000多名小学生提供。这个互动式的多媒体演示以他参与的现实生活中备受瞩目的建筑项目为背景，讨论数学在结构工程设计中的关键作用。Maths Inspiration是英国最大的青少年数学强化课程之一。他们的目标是激励下一代的数学家，工程师和其他数学和计算专业人士。在2008/2009学年，他们预计观众总数将超过10 000人。这是11年级和第六年级学生体验英国最鼓舞人心的数学演讲者的机会，在大场地，在令人兴奋的现实世界中展示数学。他们更喜欢称他们的活动为表演，而不是讲座，因为他们是生动的，专业的运行和娱乐。会议的形式几乎总是三位演讲者就各种主题进行互动式演讲。在大多数情况下，将有一个纯粹的数学家，一个统计学家和一个工程师在阵容中，总是有一个生动的问答环节，在每个节目结束。该项目将持续三年，可以分为两个部分来描述。资金的主要部分用于开发和更新现有的讲座。它将被重新命名为建设奥运会，并将使用伦敦2012年奥运会的发展作为一个背景下，突出数学在大型建筑项目的建设使用。它将建立在现有演讲的成功方面，并引入奥运会的具体材料，以捕捉观众的想象力，并建立在伦敦2012年活动的优势和知名度。资金的第二部分将允许保罗参加全国各地的公众参与活动（主要是，但不限于，数学灵感节目），并提供演示给数学学生和教师的非常大的观众。

The two protagonists in this story are the Principle Investigator, Dr. Paul Shepherd and the charity Maths Inspiration. The driving force behind it is the coming of the Olympic Games to London in 2012.This falls under the Progress and Development Funding project type, as it builds on the hugely successful Maths of Sports Stadiums talk developed by Paul, and delivered to over 5000 school pupils over the last two years. This interactive, multimedia presentation takes the real-life high-profile building projects he has worked on as a context for discussing the crucial role mathematics plays in the engineering design of structures.Maths Inspiration is one of the largest maths enrichment programmes for teenagers in the UK. Their objective is to inspire the next generation of mathematicians, engineers and other mathematical and numerate professionals. In the academic year 2008/9 they are expecting an audience total of over 10,000. It's a chance for Year 11 and sixth former pupils to experience the UK's most inspiring maths speakers live, in big venues, presenting mathematics in the context of exciting, real-world situations. They prefer to call their events shows rather than lectures, because they are lively, professionally run and entertaining. The format is almost always three speakers giving interactive talks on a diverse range of topics. On most occasions there will be one pure mathematician, one statistician and one engineer in the line-up and there is always a lively Q&A session at the end of each show.The project will last for three years and can be described in two parts. The main part of the funding provides for the existing talk to be developed and updated. It will be renamed Building the Olympics and will use the London 2012 Olympic development as a context for highlighting the use of mathematics in the construction of large-scale building projects. It will build on successful aspects of the existing talk, and introduce Olympic specific material to capture the imagination of the audience and build on the strengths and popularity of the London 2012 event. The secondary part of the funding will then allow Paul to attend Public Engagement events around the country (mainly, but not limited to, Maths Inspiration shows) and deliver the presentation to a very large audience of mathematics students and teachers.