Looking for ideas for Maths Week activities? Have ideas and want to share them? Join IMTA Dublin Branch on Thursday 5 October at 7:30 Moyle Park College Clondalkin. Maths Week Ireland will take place this year from 14 – 22 October when schools all across the island celebrate maths. Last year 464,000 pupils from over
A hands on workshop for members of the IMTA Cork primary and post primary teachers, exploring Maths Week activities that teachers can bring to their classroom Bookings can be made at: https://forms.gle/iERpVCxAcP1itCR69.
Audience: 2nd-3rd class (ROI); Y3-Y4 (NI) Due to the continued success of the Mega Quiz for pupils in senior primary and secondary, last year we piloted a Mini Quiz for younger pupils. This transpired to be a great success with 12,000 pupils participating in the inaugural event. This year we hope for even more participants. Using
Audience: Sr -1st class (ROI); Y2-Y3 (NI) This workshop focuses on doubling. Beginning with a purpose-written story followed by a question-and-answer session and then an arty maths activity to reinforce learning. This workshop will help children to see that doubling a number is the same as adding the number to itself. Those attending the event
Audience: 5th class-1st year (ROI); Y6-Y8 (NI) This will be the third year of our Maths Week Mega Quiz. Originally created to reach out to more pupils across the country during the pandemic, this quiz has taken off as an annual Maths Week event, with 18,000 pupils participating last year. This year we hope to
Audience: 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 event booking
Audience: 1st and 2nd Years (ROI) Y8 & Y9 (NI) Dr Ken presents some of his favourite tricks revealing all the maths behind them – from card tricks, impossible volumes to virtual juggling patterns. For event booking please go to www.mathsweek.ie/2022/maths-week-tv-2022-booking-form/
Audience: 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
The 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
Audience: 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
