Check below for Maths Week 2023 events!
This is a hybrid festival, please be sure to check the location, time and dates of all events before booking.
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Free Online General public Family
Maths4All TeachMeet
ONLINE EventAudience: Teachers Are you willing to share your ideas about maths teaching? Would you like to take a peek into other teachers’ classes? Maths4All will host an online TeachMeet on Thursday 15th October from 6 o’clock. A TeachMeet is an organised but informal meeting for teachers to share good practice, practical innovations and personal insights
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 bring your maths lessons to life
ONLINE EventAudience: Teachers Watch live on https://www.mathsweek.ie/2023/mathsweektv-secondary/ No one understands what makes students tick better than we teachers. Bobby shows how he uses his students’ interest in popular culture - football, Bake Off, Strictly, pop music and even - say it quietly - Love Island! to show where there is maths in all sorts of unexpected contexts. Booking:
Adults Learning Maths in the lockdown
ONLINE EventAudience: Adult ALM 2020 Virtual Seminar Series The panel discussion is entitled “Adults Learning Maths in the lockdown” and is being organised to coincide with Maths Week Ireland 2020. Much mathematics education research is conducted in schools or other education settings. And education researchers nurture their creativity and collaborations by attending conferences in their own countries or abroad. But the pandemic
Momentous Maths with Kjartan Poskitt
ONLINE EventAudience: Age 9-12; 4th-6th class (ROI); Y6-Y8 (NI) One Sided Paper explores the strange Mobius strips that you can cut in half, yet they stay together! The Pennies that Reach the Sun starts with a chess board with one penny (or cent) on the first square. The next square has two, then four, then eight…
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
The Hamilton Walk
ONLINE EventThe Hamilton Walk is an annual event held each year in Dublin on the 16th of October, the anniversary of the day in 1843 when William Rowan Hamilton discovered the non-commutative algebraic system known as quaternions, while walking with his wife along the banks of the Royal Canal. This year with restrictions the normal walk cant
Hamilton Lecture 2020
ONLINE EventAudience: 12 years and up Professor Terence Tao will deliver this year’s Hamilton Lecture, as part of the Royal Irish Academy's Hamilton Day celebrations, generously sponsored by Ibec. In his talk entitled 'The Cosmic Distance Ladder’ he will show how we can use basic secondary-school level maths, along with indirect measurements, to work out the
DojoMór
ONLINE EventAudience: ages 7 to 17 years. Due to Covid 19 this years event will be held online. DojoMór is a national coding event for kids aged 7 to 17 years. There will be a combination of coding workshops available on the day such as programming, scratch, web design, App development and much more. There will
Maths Week
Island of IrelandMaths Week Ireland is an all-island initiative and a partnership of institutions and groups promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives since 2006. It is coordinated by Calmast at WIT. It is one of four national STEM festivals. Running for 15 years as a collaborative partnership of
Mathematics World Cup
ONLINE EventThe Mathematics World Cup is a free global competition for children aged 7-11. It combines mathematics, movement and mindfulness in a 45-minute session to improve childrens' physical health, mental health and engagement with maths. Teachers can take part at any time that is convenient for them between the 16th and 22nd of October. Register here.
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
Picture Books in Maths Education
Picture Books in Maths Education with Edward Fitzgerald The Doorbell Rang is a wonderful book that could be used to introduce the idea of dividing and sharing to a 1st or 2nd class. Teachers can use the video and activity resources to enhance children’s understanding of sharing and dividing. Within the video, teachers can use
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
The Function Room with Colm O’Regan: Maths of Climate Change
ONLINE EventThis enormous topic, we hear it everywhere. The arguments rage around us. As we oscillate between doubt, despair, small bits of hope and back to doubt, it can be hard to find out what to grab onto. We might rewild a lawn, eat more chickpeas and grow an onion but we feel a helplessness. Don’t
Maths Week 10 cent Challenge (Primary Teachers)
As part of Maths Week 2022 Midlands Sciencemathsweek are inviting all primary schools in the Midlands to take part in the 10c challenge! This is a great chance to get your students thinking about Maths in a fun and interactive way! How it works: During Maths Week 2022 (October 15th-23rd) get each of you
I’m a Mathematician, Get me out of here!
I’m a Mathematician, Get me out of here Show your students how maths is relevant to their everyday lives this October 2022 with I’m a Mathematician, Get me out of here. Throughout October and Maths Week, connect your students with people working in a diverse range of careers which use maths in this online, student-led
Izak 9 Live (P6/P7/year 8 & 5th/6th/1st year classes)
OnlineP6/P7/year 8 & 5th/6th/1st year classes We have wanted to hold an event of this nature for some time and are delighted to announce the scheduling of the first ever Izak9 Live. Now that more than 1000 schools in Ireland have Izak9 cubes, for Maths Week 2022 we are hosting an online cube extravaganza. This event
Maths Meets Conference 2022 (Teachers)
Maynooth UniversityPDST are delighted to let you know of their upcoming maths conference which will take place on Saturday October 15th 2022 in Maynooth University. MathsMeet 2022 is a joint conference organised by the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) and the Irish Maths Teachers’ Association (IMTA). The purpose of the
Maths In The City – Dublin (All Ages)
Bank of Ireland College Green, DublinThe Maths Week team will be taking their live pop-up maths exhibit to the streets of Dublin this Maths Week. We will have shows and activities for all the family at the Bank of Ireland Plaza on College Green in the heart of Dublin city centre. Stop by for a taste of the lighter side