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
Visual and animated methods to present problem and puzzle solving, area, distance and measurement | Adult | Webinar
ONLINE EventJoin Tony Sweeney, Numeracy trainer, for a workshop for visual and animated methods to present problem and puzzle solving, area, distance and measurement. The webinar includes puzzles and problem-solving, which not only make learning fun but also give opportunities for incidental learning. There are also items to help students in their working lives and social activities.
Rounding and approximation: Uses in real life including money and cooking (Levels 2 and 3) | Adult, Webinar|
ONLINE EventJoin Mary Reardon, a Learning Practitioner at Limerick and Clare ETB, for a workshop on Rounding and approximation. Rounding and approximation can be used to make everyday calculations simpler and data easier to understand. This webinar will look at some practical examples used in real life, showing why being exact with figures is not always the optimal way to do things!
Value for money: Comparing offers from three mobile phone companies | Adult, Online
ONLINE EventJoin Sheelagh Clowry a Maths Trainer for a webinar on Value for money. The webinar will look at three different bill-pay contracts and workout the total cost of each contract. Are initial low costs always the best offer in the long term?
Its Not Magic – It’s science you don’t see – Part 6 | Adults, Online
ONLINE EventAnother session of apparent magic that teaches basic science principles if you know what is happening! David, Adrian, Paul and Rute will bring you more examples that you can use in lessons, with others sharing some of their best examples too.
Teach Meet | Primary Teachers, Online
ONLINE EventA Teachmeet will take place on Wednesday 18th at 5pm, please register in advance as places are limited. You may register at the link here
Towards a New National Numeracy Strategy: Lessons from the literature – Dr Lorraine Harbison | Teachers
ONLINE EventIn this webinar, Dr Lorraine Harbison will share lessons from the literature on effective ways to develop and assess critical numeracy skills. She will also offer practical guidance and ideas applicable across all educational levels, from early years to post-primary.
Conquering Section B: Teaching Problem Solving in LC HL Maths with Shannon Ahren | Teachers
ONLINE EventIn this webinar, Shannon Ahren will discuss the importance of creating a classroom culture where discussion and mistake making is encouraged as well as present my tricks for improving students' attitudes towards problem-solving in maths. By the end of the webinar, teachers will have the tools they need to help their students succeed in Section B and beyond.
Maths Games to develop numeracy skills | Primary Teachers
ONLINE EventIn this session participants will get the opportunity to explore and use a variety of maths games, (including dice, playing cards, dominoes and spinners) that can be easily differentiated to be used with all classes of the primary school. We will also explore the benefits of a game-based paired maths project in schools and outline how such a project could be initiated.
Numeracy in the media: Identifying maths tasks in the news and media | Adult, Webinar
ONLINE EventJoin Dr Kathy O’Sullivan, a Lecturer in Mathematics Education from University College Galway for a webinar on Numeracy in the media. The webinar will look at identifying maths tasks in the news and media.
Making maths relevant: Planning and budgeting for real life events | Adult, Webinar
ONLINE EventJoin Elaine O’Brien and Sharon Doyle, Maths Teachers at Youthreach Blanchardstown, Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB for a webinar on Making Maths Relevant. This webinar is designed to help you answer these types of questions from your students: Why do I need to learn this? Why do we need algebra? When will I ever use this?