This year because of the global Covid 19 pandemic, the number of events are limited. Please check back here as we will continue to post events as they are confirmed.
James Soper – Maths and Your Brain
Dundalk Institute of Technology Marshes Upper, Dundalk, Co. LouthAudience: Secondary. Our brains have evolved to do maths and we are all natural mathematicians. Join psychologist James Soper in Dundalk IT to learn what maths tells us about our brains and how we can make our brains better at maths. Date: Monday 14th October 2019 Times: 11.00am – 12:00pm Location: Dundalk IT Audience: Secondary
Colin Wright: the Maths of Juggling
University of Limerick A1065, LimerickAudience: Post Primary schools. Colin Wright brings his spectacular juggling show to the University of Limerick as part of the Maths Week 2019 festival. Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one time, and weave complex patterns that seem to defy
Colin Wright: the Maths of Juggling
University of Limerick A1065, LimerickAudience: Post Primary schools. Colin Wright brings his spectacular juggling show to the University of Limerick as part of the Maths Week 2019 festival. Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one time, and weave complex patterns that seem to defy
Colin Wright: the Maths of Juggling
University of Limerick A1065, LimerickAudience: Post Primary schools. Colin Wright brings his spectacular juggling show to the University of Limerick as part of the Maths Week 2019 festival. Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one time, and weave complex patterns that seem to defy
Die rather than surrender!
Dundalk Grammar SchoolAudience: 1st years Venue: Dundalk Grammar School By Invitation only
Maths v Sport with Tom Crawford
ONLINE EventAudience: Age 15-18; TY 5th-6th Year (ROI); Y12-Y14 (NI) How do you take the perfect penalty? What is the limit of human endurance? Where is the best place to attempt a world record? Maths has all of the answers and I’ll be telling you how to use it to be better at sport (results may vary). For
Virtual Maths Brunch @ Mary Immaculate College
ONLINE EventAudience: Second Level Students :Transition Year, 5th Year and 6th Year Description: Virtual Maths Brunch @ Mary Immaculate College Thurles : Join staff and students of MIC Thurles for an online maths lecture with Dr Derek Kitson on emerging applications of geometry and combinatorics in science and technology. Booking Details - Contact: patricia.osullivan@mic.ul.ie or derek.kitson@mic.ul.ie
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy of Mathematics
ONLINE EventAudience: Secondary students As part of the Maths Week 2020, the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics will run the virtual event ''A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy of Mathematics''. The event will take place on Thursday 15/10 at 17.00 via zoom and it will consist of 5-minute presentations from academic members of our school. Its
Einstein’s Relativity
ONLINE EventAudience: Age 15 years+; TY 5th and 6th year (ROI); Y12-Y14 (NI) and Adult Einstein's Relativity - Pythagoras for Space and Time Join Dr Ian Jubb of DIAS and discover how Einstein's theory of relativity opened up a whole new world of understanding and exploration. Einstein's Theory of Relativity revolutionised the way we understand the
How to fold things into thirds with James Tanton
ONLINE EventAudience: Age 12-15; 1st-3rd Year (ROI); Y9-Y11 (NI) James Tanton is a research mathematician deeply interested in bridging the gap between the mathematics experienced by school students and the creative mathematics practiced and explored by mathematicians. He worked as a college professor for a decade, as a high-school teacher for a decade, and is now the
Rearranging Equations Bookmark Competition with MTU
ONLINE EventRearranging equations is a vital skill in many professions and yet it a topic that students often find difficult. The aim of this competition is to encourage students to think carefully about equations and how to rearrange them. By creating their own bookmark that explains how to rearrange equations, they will (hopefully!) think carefully about
Living Maths with Bobby Seagull
OnlineFor Bobby, maths was instrumental in unlocking the secrets of everyday life from understanding the randomness of football results, to organising his time and his choice of music. Using stories from his own life, Bobby brings his infectious enthusiasm to everything from the right number of friends to have to the power of prime numbers
Using Magic in the Secondary Maths Classroom
ONLINE EventIn this session, former teacher and inspector Andrew Jeffrey will share his favourite, magical moments to use in a secondary maths classroom. You will learn tricks to amaze and engage your students, covering such topics as probability, Algebra and Fibonacci. All of these have been tried and tested in secondary classrooms. Join using the below
Maths Week Mega Quiz with Franz Schlindwein
ONLINE EventJoin Franz Schlindwein for the Maths Week Mega Quiz. This transition event, in which more than 3000 pupils participated last year, is specially designed for pupils in the last year of Primary and the first year of Secondary schools. During this highly visual maths quiz, delivered live via Zoom, each class works together and submits
Maths V Sport with Thomas Crawford
ONLINE EventHow do you take the perfect penalty? What is the limit of human endurance? Where is the best place to attempt a world record? Maths has all of the answers and I’ll be telling you how to use it to be better at sport (results may vary). Audience: TY 5th-6th Year (ROI); Y12-Y14 (NI) Register your class
Maths Careers Panel
ONLINE EventCareers event showcasing the many careers involving maths, moderated by Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin. Audience: TY-6th Year (ROI); Y12-Y14 (NI) Register your class here.