This article reports on a pilot ‘Magic of Mechanics’ event that took place on 6th January 2005. The Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University ran the event for students from Burleigh Community College Loughborough. The primary aim of the event was to introduce the students to mechanics and to generate within them an interest in the subject.
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