MathsWeekTV
The events for Maths Week TV have been updated look below!
In addition to our live in person events at partner centres, you and your class can join in the best of presentations and activities from the comfort of your own classroom. Maths Week TV returns with online live events for primary and secondary pupils. The line up will include some of our favourite presenters with some exciting new talent.
Be sure to register your class by clicking the event booking image for primary and secondary pupils.
Registration forms for Maths Week TV-2023 will be available soon!
MathsWeekTV Primary Schedule
- Thursday 12th October @11am, IZAK9 LIVE session for pupils in 3rd/4th Class and Primary 4 and 5
- Friday 13th October @11am, IZAK9 LIVE session for pupils in 5th/6th Class and Primary 6/7
- Monday 16th October @11am, Loving Maths with Steve Sherman 2nd/3rd Class and Primaries 3/4
- Tuesday 17th October @11am, Maths Week Mega Quiz for pupils in 5th/6th and 1st Year / Primaries 6/7 and Year 8
- Wednesday 18th October @11am, Tráth na gCeist Quiz as Gaeilge 5th/6th / Primaries 6/7
- Thursday 19th October @ 11am, Maths Week Mini Quiz for pupils in 2nd/3rd Class and Primaries 3/4
- Friday 20th October @11am, Loving Maths with Steve Sherman for pupils in 3rd/4th Class and Primary 4 and 5
MathsWeekTV Post-Primary Schedule
- Monday 16th October @10am, Dr Katie Steckles, Maths Greatest Unsolved Puzzles for 1st-3rd Year / Year 9-11
- Tuesday 17th October @10am, Dr Katie Steckles, Maths Greatest Unsolved Puzzles for 4th- 6th Year / Year 12-14
- Tuesday 17th October @11am, Maths Week Mega Quiz for pupils in 5th/6th and 1st Year / Primaries 6-7 and Year 8
- Wednesday 18th October @10am, Dr Christian Mercat, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, 3rd -4th (TY) / Year 11-12
- Thursday 19th October @10am, The Shape of Escape: The maths of Crowd Behaviour with Dr Aoife Hunt for pupils in secondary
- Friday 20th October @10am, Prof Chris Budd, University of Bath 5th/6th Year and Year 13-14
Maths Week TV Programs
Maths’ Greatest Unsolved Puzzles
with Katie Steckles
While mathematicians are undoubtedly brilliant, and their work is used in all kinds of amazing scientific and technological discoveries, there are still questions they can’t answer. Every mathematical question is a puzzle to be solved, and while there’ll be plenty of puzzles stumped – from simple-sounding number and shape problems to some truly mind-bending fundamental questions.
Katie Steckles is a mathematician based in Manchester, who gives talks and workshops and writes about mathematics. She finished her PhD in 2011, and since then has talked about maths at universities, schools events, festivals, on BBC radio and TV, in books and on the internet.
On TV:
- Monday 16th October, @10 am for 2-3rd Year / Year 10-11
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Tuesday 17th October, @10 am for TY, 5th, 6th Year / Year 12-14
The Maths of Celtic and other Knot Work
with Pr Christian Mercat
This exciting presentation will be delivered by Prof Christian Mercat, Director of the Lyon Research Institute for Mathematics Education at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon. Participants will explore the use of maths and symmetry in the decorative art on the Ardagh Chalice and the magical illustrations of the Book of Kells. The event promises to open participants’ eyes to the world of maths in Celtic knotwork.
On TV:
- Wednesday 18th October, @10 am for 1-3 Year & TY / Year 9-12
The Mathematics of Climate Change
with Pr Chris Budd OBE
Climate change is important, controversial, and the subject of huge debate. Much of our understanding of the future climate comes from the use of complex climate models based on mathematical and physical ideas.
In this talk, Professor Chris Budd, University of Bath, will describe how these models work and the assumptions that go into them. He will discuss how reliable our predictions of climate change are, and show how mathematicians can give us insights into both past and future.
On TV:
- Friday 20th October, @10am for TY and Senior Cycle / Year 12-14
Comhoibriú agus Craic le Cairde – Tráth na gCeist Seachtain na Mata
Bí linn do Thráth na gCeist Seachtain na Mata ar an 18ú de Dheireadh Fómhair.
Fág na leabhair ar lár agus oibrigh le do chairde chun ceisteanna spraíula Mata a fhreagairt. Ní gá an seomra ranga a fhágáil. Beidh an tráth na gceist ar líne.
Bí linn don spraoi.
On TV:
- Wednesday 18th October @11am, Bunscoil Ranganna 5-6 / Primary 6-7
Maths Week Mini Quiz
with Franz Schlindwein
On TV:
- Thursday 19th October @11 am for pupils in 2nd/3rd Class and Primaries 3/4
The Shape of Escape: The maths of Crowd Behaviour
with Dr Aoife Hunt
Dr Aoife Hunt is a leading specialist in people movement and emergency planning. She has 15 years’ experience in the research and simulation of human behaviour and completed an award-winning PhD in evacuation modelling. Aoife advises on the movements and behaviour of people in tall buildings, hospitals, stadia and events, the public realm, and transport systems across the world. She leads national research projects to advance the safety and security of crowded places, specialising in human behaviour in emergencies and pedestrian movement through security overlays.
Aoife is regularly consulted on national guidance documents and is currently co-authoring the chapter on evacuation modelling in the SFPE Fire Engineering handbook. Aoife is co-chair of the Security Institute’s Special Interest Group: “Protecting People in Crowded Spaces” and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland. In 2023, Aoife was awarded an MBE for her services to the COVID-19 response.
On TV:
- Thursday 19th October @10am for pupils in secondary
