Audience: 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
Audience: 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
Audience: 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
Important: 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.
Strategies 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
Audience: 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/
Audience: 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
Audience: 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
Audience: For pupils in 6th class, 1st year, Primary 7 and Year 8 ***THIS EVENT IS NOW BOOKED OUT*** Join Izak9 creator Franz Schlindwein for the Maths Week Mega Quiz. This fun quiz event is specially designed for pupils in the last year of Primary and the first year of Secondary schools. Open to all
A 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
