Super Saturday 2019

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It’s Friday and that can only mean one thing- it's Super Saturday tomorrow for Maths Week Scotland! We've got events for all ages happening in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh and Midlothian.

In Glasgow, join Santander and World-record holding Football Freestyler Dan Magness for The Numbers Game roadshow in George Square and improve both your football and maths skills!

Tom Crawford will be in Dundee delivering drop in sessions at Dundee Science Centre as part of Dundee Science festival. He will be looking at platonic solids, tales of murder of ancient greek mathematicians and how we use maths to make boats float.

At Midlothian Science Festival Gala Day at Loanhead Library get hands on with maths activities for all ages! Create your own 3D shapes, solve puzzles and explore the world of mathematics in a way you have never seen it before.

In Edinburgh Dynamic Earth will be running a Maths Week Scotland special Dino's club make your own vehicle, then measure how fast it can move using maths! Compete with your family and friends to see who can move the fastest.

Or if you think you have got what it takes to be part of GCHQ come along to an Encryption Science Saturday at National Museum of Scotland. Try your skills out with a code breaking trail, discover cipher wheels and enigma machines in the collections and get hands on with morse code challenges.

Which events are you headed to this Saturday? We can't wait to see you there!

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