James Merlin is a Cambridge-based magician and mind reader.

The video below describes my schools package - an educational kids magic show suitable for end of term. What's a mathe-magician? Well, I do magic tricks that use mathematics in some way. So grab a calculator because here's a simple example you can do right now... it's in the video...

Option 1: The standard show. 45 minutes of magic where the kids leave entertained and curious about the maths

Option 2: The explanations. A shorter performance, followed by a full explanation of the mathematics used in the show, so they go home (or back to class) and try to repeat the magic - and the maths!

• Teacher notes available
• DBS certificate
• STEM ambassador