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If you want to take your maths lessons out of the classroom and have your students explore mathematical concepts in context in everyday life, our maths school trips are ideal.

Our maths trips for secondary schools and colleges offer a range of educational activities to suit Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-Level curriculums. Your trip will be carefully designed to bring the subject to life for your students and to help them see the importance of maths in the real world. And, hopefully, it'll also encourage students to see the fun, exciting side of maths!

Whether you want to stay in the UK or take your pupils further afield, we offer several exciting destinations, where your students will have the incredible opportunity to discover the importance of maths in the real world.

This will help them to see the value in your subject and could significantly improve engagement once you return to the classroom.

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Why arrange a maths school trip?

Discover maths in the ‘real world’

Cities like Frankfurt or New York allow your students to explore two of the world’s most important financial centres. These two global financial centres boast many excellent visits where students will explore the exciting world of stock exchanges, banks and finance.

In Frankfurt, they’ll find the heart of the Eurozone and learn more about how the economy of the European Union functions. At the Deutsche Bundesbank Museum, they’ll learn more about the different currencies used around the world, the role of banks and the importance of banking supervision. They can even learn more about the importance of monetary policy and find out what happened during the hyperinflation of the 1920s.

In New York, you can visit the Federal Reserve which underpins the world’s financial system. At the Museum of American Finance, they can discover why the city’s spirit of entrepreneurship and democratic free market tradition helped it to become the financial capital of the world.

Or why not visit Paris, where the focus is more on the fun and wonder of maths? You'll visit the maths exhibition at the world’s largest science museum, the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie. Here, you can explore geometry, test Pythagoras’ theory and play games on the notions of function, cycloids and transformation. You can also explore the application of maths in several scientific fields, including the social sciences.

Frankfurt, New York and Paris show how maths is everywhere around us, and, perhaps more importantly, the exciting careers that maths can open up for pupils.

Explore the history of maths

Florence offers an altogether different, yet no less inspiring experience of maths in action.

This spectacular city in Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance and it was during this period that the scientific method was developed, which placed greater importance on empirical evidence and mathematics as part of the discovery process. They’ll find out how maths helped Brunelleschi build the incredible dome that crowns the city’s cathedral.

At the Museo Galileo and Museo Leonardo Da Vinci, your students will learn more about the life and work of two of the Renaissance’s greatest polymaths. They’ll be able to see some truly beautiful historic equipment and inventions.

In nearby Pistoia, the Garden of Archimedes is a dedicated maths museum which aims to enhance the public’s perception and understanding of maths. The interactive exhibits here will bring maths to life for your students and leave them feeling enthusiastic about the infinite possibilities offered by maths.

Enjoy the trip as much as your students

Originally founded by former teachers, and with many former teachers still among us, we understand the value of STEM subjects like maths, and how to make school trips around the topic memorable and successful for your group.

Our team will completely tailor-make your maths trip, to ensure that it meets your specific requirements and learning objectives. And we’ll be on hand throughout the process to answer any questions you have.

In fact, we’ll be with you every step of the way, from now until you return home at the end of your trip. While abroad, you’ll be able to reach us with just one phone call, at any time of the day or night. And, with this comprehensive level of support, you’ll be able to relax and enjoy experiencing maths in action as much as your students.

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Mathematics activities that your school group will love

Leonardo da Vinci Museum

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Museo Galileo (Institute and Museum of the History of Science)

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The Garden of Archimedes - A Museum for Mathematics

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Mathematikum

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Money Museum of the Deutsche Bundesbank

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Stock Exchange

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Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

France’s leading science museum hosts static and interactive exhibitions on a range of environmental and technological themes, including climate change

Disneyland® Paris

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Exploradome

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Palais de la Decouverte

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Tour Montparnasse (Observatoire Panoramique)

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Federal Reserve Bank

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Financial District Walking Tour

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Museum of American Finance

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The Museum of Mathematics

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Brancacci Chapel

The church of Santa Maria del Carmine houses one of the greatest tributes to painting of all time: the frescoes

Florence Cathedral

Florence's striking black, white and pink cathedral captures Italian architecture at the very beginning of the Renaissance. Brunelleschi's dome took

Florence Cathedral Belltower

The belltower of Santa Maria del Fiore, one of the most beautiful belltowers in Italy, was an (extremely costly) invention

Leaning Tower of Pisa

The iconic symbol of Italy, Pisa's bell-tower would be a beautiful and architecturally significant building even without its famous lean.

Medici Chapels

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Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace)

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Ponte Vecchio

Best known of all Florence's treasures, this glorious bridge was the only one of six spared by the retreating Germans

Uffizi Gallery

Florence's finest art gallery grew out of the private collection of the city's ruling de' Medici dynasty

Commerzbank-Arena Football Stadium

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Main Tower

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Bateaux Mouches

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Eiffel Tower

The instantly recognisable symbol of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, can be seen from almost any point in the city, and

Macy's Department Store

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Statue of Liberty

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Top of the Rock

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