To celebrate International Day of Mathematics on 14 March our friends at Maths Eyes are running a special competition to test everyone’s maths eyes. To make it easy for everyone to enter, they will present four photographs and all you have to do is to pick one picture and submit a tagline reflecting the maths
Join us for the Mathsweek MINI QUIZ with Franz Schlinwein on 19th October 2023. Where pupils in their own class, collaborate to work as one team, competing against hundreds of other classes from across the country. The questions nurture collaboration and communication between classmates and as they are posed by video and not in written form, encourage all pupils to become actively involved.
The journey through the presentations takes the young mathematicians to the world of puzzling. The mixture of activities brings about predictability. Surprise, wonderment and the feeling of self-satisfaction.
ATU Sligo is holding a mathematics talk for primary and secondary school kids during Maths Week. The speaker, Dr. Fernando Blasco is a mathematician and lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, interested in recreational maths and magic. He uses magic to introduce the public to topics such as prime numbers, knot theory, sudoku, topology, number systems, mind games, calendars or quick calculation.
Professor Colm Mulcahy will do three one-hour presentations to local national schools and the first year students of our local secondary school in the Letterkenny Campus. Due to high demand for lecture theatres in the ATU Donegal our numbers are restricted to 68 per session. We are already full. Audience: Primary & Secondary Schools Venue:
Maths Detective Workshop: Presents the five curriculum strands (numbers, algebra, shapes and space, measures and data) to students in a fun and interactive way while practicing maths skills to solve mysteries, puzzles, and crime! The activities are linked to the primary maths curriculum. Is this event private or public?: PrivateIs advance booking required? YesIs there
Maths Detective Workshop: Presents the five curriculum strands (numbers, algebra, shapes and space, measures and data) to students in a fun and interactive way while practicing maths skills to solve mysteries, puzzles, and crime! The activities are linked to the primary maths curriculum. Is this event private or public?: PrivateIs advance booking required? YesIs there
Maths Detective Workshop: Presents the five curriculum strands (numbers, algebra, shapes and space, measures and data) to students in a fun and interactive way while practicing maths skills to solve mysteries, puzzles, and crime! The activities are linked to the primary maths curriculum. Is this event private or public?: PrivateIs advance booking required? YesIs there
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
Times: 9:30 – 11:00 and 11:30 -13:00 Expected Attendance: 30 Students Maths Detective Workshop: Presents the five curriculum strands (numbers, algebra, shapes and space, measures and data) to students in a fun and interactive way while practicing maths skills to solve mysteries, puzzles, and crime! The activities are linked to the primary maths curriculum.
