How to win friends with Maths | 5th And 6th Students

18/10/2024 @ 12:00 - 13:00 -

Mr Math Weeney has a goal to make Maths more engaging and applicable to student’s lives. Fostering a love of learning is a key target. Improving exam ability is a welcomed extra. What better way to engage students than through juggling!

2024-10-02T08:33:17+00:00|
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Maths and Magic Collide with the Rubiks Cube!| Secondary Students

18/10/2024 @ 12:30 - 13:30 -

In 1974, Hungarian professor Erno Rubik designed something he simply referred to as ‘The Magic Cube’ to teach his architecture students about 3-D space. Little did Erno know that his creation would become one of the best-selling toys of all time – The Rubik’s Cube. But the Cube doesn’t just fascinate mathematicians. Magicians too have begun to realise that the cube has huge potential; a familiar object that can be handled by spectators and randomly mixed in billions of ways could capture the imagination of audiences

2024-10-03T16:52:26+00:00|
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Brain Teasers and puzzles, from the Middle Ages to modern-day science | Post-Primary

18/10/2024 @ 13:00 - 14:00 -

[Audience: 6th class and 1st year.]
Tiago Hirth presents “Brain Teasers and puzzles, from the Middle Ages to modern-day science”. Can you match the wits of the Carolingian court? In this highly interactive talk, the audience will embark on a journey through time and space, one problem at a time.

2024-10-04T14:09:35+00:00|
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Mathematical Modelling in Sport | Years 13

18/10/2024 @ 14:00 - 15:00 -

Can Maths teach you how to be a world class penalty taker, or help you gain a world record in athletics? At this fast paced entertaining presentation, Tom Crawford ( Aka Tom Rocks Maths), Oxford University will show you the answer is YES!

2024-10-10T15:43:10+00:00|
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A Periodic Paper Caper | Adults

18/10/2024 @ 19:00 - 20:00 -

Dr Rachel Quinlan, University of Galway will discuss periodic patterns. Periodic patterns are visible all around us, in nature and in human artefacts. They have been prominent for millennia in built objects, in tiled floors and walls, in ceramics, in poetry, in music, in textiles, in architecture, in every area of the decorative arts.

2024-10-10T10:39:57+00:00|
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Online: Family Scavenger Hunt | Families

19/10/2024 - 20/10/2024 @ All Day -

Families just brace yourselves for an unforgettable experience!  Join the whacky MC, Steve Sherman (Chief Imagination officer of Livingmaths.com in South Africa) for some mathematical mayhem. Families will need to work together, using an app to accomplish missions from Saturday the 19th of October until Sunday 20th of Oct in the afternoon. 

2024-09-25T14:09:02+00:00|
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