Maths Week 2024 - Tales Highlights

What an incredible week it's been so far and there is still so much more to do as we head into the weekend!

In the run up to and during Maths Week Scotland 2021, we’ve been encouraging people from all walks of industry to get involved in our #ShowYourWorking campaign and show off how they use maths in their roles and demonstrate the importance of maths in a whole range of potential future careers for Scotland’s young people.

Maths underpins science and allows societies to better understand and predict change, risk and ways to make the world a better place. Alistair Rennie from Nature Scot tells us how a few simple measurements and calculations can be cleverly scaled up to understand how our coastlines have changed over the last 140 years, and how they may change under different climate scenarios over the 21^st century.

Data are everywhere from Covid to Google to geese and it is messy. How do we make sense of that data when there is all that uncertainty? Statistics! Emma Mitchell from Nature Scot tells use how statistics are helping us make sense of the natural world around us.

Maths Week Scotland 2021 is nearly upon us and we’ve already seen an incredible amount of mathtastic activities! Keep tagging your posts with #MathsWeekScot and we’ll be sharing our highlights from the week. In the meantime, here are just a few that we’ve seen so far and we can’t wait to see what else you get up to!

This year Edinburgh Science Festival (26 June - 11 July) explores how science connects us. We've rounded up our top five maths events from the festival. Which is your favourite?

Maths Week Scotland will be back 27 September - 3 October 2021 with the theme 'Our World'.

Maths is all around us. At home, in everyday objects and in nature. National Museums Scotland collects and cares for millions of objects. We have taken a delve into the stores for some maths inspiration to help you enter the Museum Art challenge.

We are coming to the end of another fantastic year of maths inspiration and activity throughout Scotland! We’ve really enjoyed seeing all of your social media posts and following your exploration of maths throughout the week.

Over the last few days we have been hearing how maths is important to people and workplaces all across Scotland with #ShowYourWorking. National Museums Scotland has millions of objects in it's collection. We spoke to Ashleigh Whiffin, Assistant Curator of Entomology, about her work with the insect collections at National Museum Scotland.

This #MathsWeekScot, we’re looking for you to #ShowYourWorking and show us an interesting example of how maths is used in your workplace.

This year, Scottish Book Trust is bringing literacy, art and numeracy together with Rossie Stone of Dekko Comics who creates comic books to explore maths through illustration.

This #MathsWeekScot, we’re looking for you to #ShowYourWorking and show us an interesting example of how maths is used in your workplace.

Have you ever been orienteering? Out on a hill, or maybe a woodland, working with friends to follow a map and find those little markers hidden around a trail. Having great fun in the outdoors, staying just on the right side of not getting lost. Do you realise you were learning maths skills while you were doing it?

With just under two weeks to go, people all over Scotland are preparing for Maths Week Scotland 2020 which will take place from 28 September – 4 October this year.

Maths Week Scotland will be back for 2020 this year jam packed with online events, competitions and activities for getting out and about with maths.