1. OBJECTIVES

The project Leonardo en Patagonia aims to increase awareness, particularly amongst children, of the role of mathematics in the community and in nature and art, through direct practical involvement. The principal themes are:

• learning through play and the recognition of shapes and patterns
• the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci and the development of his ideas and their application.

2. LAUNCH

The project Leonardo in Patagonia was launched by the Sociedad MAGIC PENNY PATAGONIA (MPP) in association with Ciencias y Artes Patagonia (CAPat), at Na Praia, in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina, on 2000 June 2.

Day JUNE 17 was designated Mathematical Awareness Day and the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES were announced. MAGIC PENNYLAND activities and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES were begun with the aim of continuing them throughout the year building up to a Festival on the 17 June 2001. (see DIARY below)

3. MATHEMATICAL AWARENESS DAY. WHY JUNE 17?

The background to the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES and the designation of June 17 as MATHEMATICAL AWARENESS DAY can be easily appreciated by reading the DREAMS from MAGIC PENNY LAND written by MPP and published on the internet on 2000 June 09.

4. EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

News and associated educational information will be published on the MAGIC PENNY internet pages in stages. From time to time some information will be deliberately held back in order to provide a continuing stimulus and challenge, and to promote inquiry.

5. INTERNATIONAL and LOCAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Whilst it is hoped that an organizational structure for the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES will develop, owing to the international nature of the project, at the present time there is no formal structure. For the present MAGIC PENNY PATAGONIA must rely on those taking up the CHALLENGES to provide information on local progress.

6. AWARDS

It is hoped that awards might be given for the most successful persons or groups partipating in the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES, but for the present, this should not be a motivation for participating.

The only reward for the present is the publication of news we receive of particular successes, on the MAGIC PENNY INTERNET PAGES.

7. ONWARD COMMUNICATION

It is hoped that those learning of the LEONARDO in PATAGONIA project and the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES, whether they can participate actively in them or not, will pass on the news of the MAGIC PENNYLAND PAGES together with the internet contact addresses, by email, fax or word of mouth as soon as possible.

In this way friends, relatives and work colleagues, interested in learning activities, for children of all ages, as well as industrial commercial and government leaders might become aware of what is going on in Patagonia. Perhaps they may want to support the LEONARDO in PATAGONIA project in some way.

8. FEEDBACK

It is hoped that those who read of the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES and are interested but do not wish to participate, as well as those participating , or using the material, either in person or in groups, for learning purposes, will let MAGIC PENNY PASTAGONIA know by email or fax of their interest, from whom or how they learnt of the LEONARDO in PATAGONIA project, and perhaps of the success they are having in beginning or achieving a particular challenge.

One of MAGIC PENNY PATAGONIA´s own GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES is to investigate the effectiveness, benefits and pitfalls of the internet in communicating educational information to and from distant lands. We are therefore particularly interested to know how effective individual persons have been in interesting other persons or groups in the project.

9. MAGIC PENNY AID, and the PRESENT EMBARGO on FUNDRAISING

It is hoped that eventually, a central structure will be set up for arranging MAGIC PENNYLAND events, competitions or other activities to raise charitable funds for underprivileged children, internationally, in line with the aims of the MAGIC PENNY TRUST.

However, until the infrastructure, necessary for an international fundraising campaign of this magnitude, has been set up, and a notice to this effect is posted on these pages, the MAGIC PENNY TRUST specifically states that neither its name nor its copyright material should be used to promote any form of fundraising activity unless written permission has been granted previously.

For the present, therefore, MAGIC PENNY PATAGONIA publishes the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES and associated MAGIC PENNYLAND and LEONARDO in PATAGONIA information, solely for LEARNING, STIMULATING or RELAXATION purposes.

10. FREE PARTICIPATION

Any person, or group, is free to participate in activities associated with the project and the MAGIC PENNY LAND CHALLENGES, and may use the associated published material for private or educational purposes,PROVIDED THAT:

• in any associated publicity or communications the fact that the ideas were derived from the LEONARDO in PATAGONIA project, sponsored by the MAGIC PENNY TRUST is acknowledged,
• the MAGIC PENNY WEBSITES: www.magicpenny.co.uk and www.magicpennyland.com and www.unp.edu.ar/magic are given due publicity, and
• the COPYRIGHT of the material of the MAGIC PENNY TRUST is respected (see below).

11. COPYRIGHT and FREE USE

"MAGIC PENNY" is the mark of the MAGIC PENNY COMPANY, a Limited Company, registered in London, and of the MAGIC PENNY TRUST, a registered British Charity. Both were set up for charitable purposes.

The variousMAGIC PENNY names used here, and others in the MAGIC PENNY TRUST COPYRIGHT LIST, are being used as names of characters, and for other charitable purposes, in MAGIC PENNYLAND, MAGIC PENNY WORLD, MAGIC PENNY PLANET, and related MAGIC PENNY TRUST activities and documents. For these and closely related names the MAGIC PENNY TRUST claims copyright ownership.

INDIVIDUALS, or SCHOOLS, or other learning groups are FREE TO USE, any of the MAGIC PENNY names and information for private, educational, non-commercial activities, provided they give due reference to the MAGIC PENNY TRUST and its INTERNET SITES.

If common sense prevails, the GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGES should be perfectly safe. Those accepting the CHALLENGES should not undertake any activity that is potentially dangerous, to themselves or others. The MAGIC PENNY TRUST, nor MAGIC PENNY PATAGONIA, cannot be held responsible for any misfortunes to property or person resulting from the undertaking of the activities suggested.