Christmas Wishes with Scratch Description With Scratch you can create your personal interactive animation. With this activity you will learn how to make sprites (your characters) speak with speech bubbles. Materials Pc/tablet Internet connection Website: scratch.mit.edu LINK HERE Instructions When you first land on scratch.mit.edu you can create an account [...]
Your first flip book Description Be a cartoonist for a day! Prepare a notebook and a pencil or a pen and start sketch your character. Thanks to optical illusions you could see your drawing start moving. Materials Notebook Pencil Instructions Pick two blank pages of your notebook. Choose one corner [...]
Elf on the Shelf Description Create your own Elf from the template. Make a paper stand and learn how to balance your Elf on a Shelf! Materials - printable template - colour pencils / markers - scissors - glue stick Instructions Print out the .pdf template. HERE Colour it as [...]
3D Christmas card with Quiver Description Paper and markers will become digital and 3D. Use your imagination and the help of a whimsical app to create a WOW-card for your friends this Christmas. Download Quiver App, print the template and you are ready to go! Materials Quiver app iOS free https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quiver-3d-coloring-app/id650645305 Quiver [...]
Christmas Automata Description Have you ever found yourself staring at Christmas shop windows? The ones with polar bears and Santa moving as automatic machines (Automata). This Christmas you can create your own unique Automata. If you follow this Advent STEAM Calendar you will be guided step by step with tips and tricks [...]
Christmas Hanoi Tree Description The Towers of Hanoi is a well-known “ancient” puzzle. For this Christmas you can try it with your gifts under the tree. Or printing out hereunder template. Materials Hanoi tree template: Click here to download it Boxes of different sizes You can give it a try also with [...]
Jingle Bells Science Description Any time we play or sing a song we can hear beautiful sounds. Sounds are waves in the air. The shape of the waves results in different notes and high or low volume. Sing Jingle Bells and discover the science behind. Let’s see the sound together! Materials Lyrics [...]
Creating a Winter scene with Scratch Description With Scratch you can create your personal interactive animation. With this activity you will start with some basics: add a character and a background. Materials Pc/tablet Internet connection Website: scratch.mit.edu (link) Instructions When you first land on scratch.mit.edu you can create an account [...]
The 15th Maths Week Ireland took place under Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Over those 15 years, Maths Week has engaged over two and a half million people! Maths Week promotes a positive attitude towards maths and shows the importance of maths in our lives and the role it [...]
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin receives 2020 Maths Week Ireland award Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin of University College Dublin receives Maths Week Ireland Award for Raising Public Awareness of Maths. Prominent mathematics education lecturer Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin (University College Dublin) has been honoured as this year’s recipient of the Maths Week Ireland Award for [...]
