In these resources for Second and Third Level students, our 'mathscot' Finn Finity, meets five mathematicians from Scotland.
Meet: John Napier, who discovered logarithms; Eleanor Pairman, who improved access for blind people to mathematical texts; Sheila Scott Macintyre, who translated mathematical works written in German; Mary Somerville, who wrote several books on mathematics, astronomy and the sciences; and finally, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, who used mathematics to explain biological shapes (morphogenesis).
Each resource includes curriculum links to highlight where the resource might be used to support either Level 2 or Level 3, with a brief section at the end suggesting how the themes can be extended or revisited. Some cross-curricular links are suggested too.
You don’t need to be a scientist to take part in real research. Citizen science projects welcome people of all ages to help by counting, observing, measuring, and recording what they see around them. Here are a few inspiring ways you can get involved this year.
We love science festivals here at Maths Week Scotland, as there's always lots of maths involved! To help you keep up to date with all the science festivals happening in Scotland this year, we've made a list of the ones we know about and we'll update the list throughout the year.
