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
From Number to Algebra
ONLINE EventA seamless transition from number to algebra Facilitator: Sheelagh Clowry, Maths trainer There is no cost for attending these ‘Maths Week 2020’ webinars. You don’t have to be a NALA member to participate. However, we would be delighted if you would consider joining if you are not already a member. For more information go to www.nala.ie or contact Fergus
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
Searching for Certainty
ONLINE EventAudience: Transition Years Have you ever wondered how likely it is you will live to be 120? Would we ever expect a major hurricane to strike Ireland? Perhaps you are curious to know if 10,000 steps each day is enough to keep us fit and healthy? Are you unsure of what you would like to
Galway Atlantaquaria
Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland Toft Park, Promenade, Salthill, GalwayAudience: Primary School Students This year Galway Atlantaquaria are taking their Maths workshops to the beach! During this tailor-made workshop students will be engaged in investigating symmetry, measuring, comparing & ordering while exploring the wonders of the seashore in a non-contact nature. Students will then discover the numbers behind marine litter, learning how long they
Math puzzles with Mary I.
ONLINE EventAudience: Primary school children 7 to 13 Description: To celebrate Maths Week, Mary Immaculate College (MIC) are bringing you lots of different fun Math puzzles for you to do at home or at school. These puzzles can be done on your own or as part of a team. Booking Details Get your packs from our
Maths Rocks with Andrew Jeffrey
ONLINE EventAudience: Age 7-12; 2nd-6th class (ROI); Y4-Y8 (NI) Maths Rocks features a series of mathematical surprises that you never knew about. You might even learn some magic tricks you can show other people. For more on MathsWeekTV: https://www.mathsweek.ie/2023/mathsweektv-primary/
Die rather than surrender!
Dundalk Grammar SchoolAudience: 2nd years Dr Shane Dowdall, Dundalk Grammer School – By Invitation only
Fractions for Understanding
ONLINE EventStrategies for teaching fractions for understanding Facilitator: Niamh O’Meara, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, EPI STEM, University of Limerick There is no cost for attending these ‘Maths Week 2020’ webinars. You don’t have to be a NALA member to participate. However, we would be delighted if you would consider joining if you are not already a member. For
Connected Classrooms
ONLINE EventImportant: 6-9 year olds at 11:00am There is a new time of 12.30 for 11-13 year old group Audience: Primary 4th – 6th. Connected Classsrooms is an event which connects students in Ireland with their counterparts in South Africa. Up to 50 schools can take part live, they will need a webcam and a microphone.
Every Day Counts
ONLINE EventAudience: Secondary junior cycle The score at the game, phoning a friend, setting your alarm, tracking your steps, baking a cake…numbers are all around us! Most of us use maths a great deal more than we realise, many hours a day, every day a year. Join us as we explore real world maths, with real
2020 vision with your Maths Eyes
ONLINE EventAudience: Primary Teachers Description: Everyone uses mathematics in their daily life but they sometimes don't call it mathematics. For most people, the mathematics that surrounds them remains invisible and parents underestimate their mathematical abilities because they often consider the mathematics they can do as 'common sense' and the tasks they can't do as 'mathematics'. In
Galway Atlantaquaria
Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland Toft Park, Promenade, Salthill, GalwayAudience: Primary School Students This year Galway Atlantaquaria are taking their Maths workshops to the beach! During this tailor-made workshop students will be engaged in investigating symmetry, measuring, comparing & ordering while exploring the wonders of the seashore in a non-contact nature. Students will then discover the numbers behind marine litter, learning how long they
Maths Workshop with Douglas Buchanan
ONLINE EventAudience: Primary Maths Week Ireland is pleased to facilitate maths workshops led by maths educator Douglas Buchanan for primary schools around Ireland. These one-hour long workshops are intended for Fourth and Fifth Class pupils. Doug’s workshops give participants the opportunity to solve various puzzles working in pairs or small groups. It gives them the chance
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
It Doesn’t Add Up with Ken Farquhar
ONLINE EventAudience: Age 7-12; 2nd-6th class (ROI); Y4-Y8 (NI) Pick a card any card, is this it?? No? Any of these? Yes? How does that work? Could it really involve Maths? A show with no sleight of hand, just some fantastic maths. Dr Ken presents some of his favourite tricks revealing all the maths behind them.
Numeracy in Context
ONLINE EventNumeracy in context: Exploring real life contexts for numeracy development Facilitator: Aibhín Bray, Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education, Trinity College Dublin There is no cost for attending these ‘Maths Week 2020’ webinars. You don’t have to be a NALA member to participate. However, we would be delighted if you would consider joining if you are not already
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
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: