Maths Week Mega Quiz

SECOND QUIZ Friday 16th - Due to popular demand there is another Mega Maths Quiz this FRIDAY at 11.00am Audience: For pupils in 6th class, 1st year, Primary 7 and Year 8 Join Izak9 creator Franz Schlindwein for the Maths Week Mega Quiz. This fun quiz event is specially designed for pupils in the last

2020-10-13T16:10:09+00:00October 16th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

Area and Perimeter

Making sense of area and perimeter (levels 2 and 3) Facilitator: Mark Prendergast, Senior Lecturer in Education, University College Cork 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

2020-09-29T13:42:04+00:00October 16th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

How to bring your maths lessons to life

Audience: 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:

2020-10-15T14:12:13+00:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: , , , |Tags: , , , , |

Adults Learning Maths in the lockdown

Audience: 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

2020-10-15T11:10:49+00:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: , , |Tags: , , |

Einstein’s Relativity

Audience: 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

2020-09-29T13:47:10+00:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy of Mathematics

Audience: 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

2020-10-12T19:37:53+00:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: , , |Tags: , , |

Numeracy in Context

Numeracy 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

2020-09-29T13:38:20+00:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

It Doesn’t Add Up with Ken Farquhar

Audience: 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.

2020-10-01T15:38:21+00:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: , , , |Tags: , , , |
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