Learning Resources

Best suited for Third/Fourth Level

To celebrate Maths Week Scotland 2023, DYW Live held a day of live webinars on the theme of 'maths in motion', featuring:

• Professor of Mathematics talking about their journey to becoming a STEM Ambassador.
• Stream Marine Careers talking about the maths required to work at sea sailing on ships and boats.
• Firstbus explaining how maths is core to their business from ticket prices to timetabling to how many buses and drivers they need.
• A consultant for the energy sector will explain how maths is crucial to her work.

Replays of all talks are available to watch on the e-sgoil website.

Best suited for Third/Fourth Level

To celebrate Maths Week Scotland 2024, DYW Live held a day of live webinars on the theme of 'maths tales', featuring:

• Hans Unkles, fisherman and boat builder
• Eliza Ralph, founder of Spectral Wrender
• Mary Sowter, mechanical engineering student

Replays of all talks are available to watch on the e-sgoil website.

Best suited for Third Level and above

This set of bespoke evidence-based resources are for exploring statistics using outdoor maths, and includes three lessons: Creature Features, Wings and Things, and Flora Explorer.

The lesson resources can be done in any order and are suitable for students aged 11-16.

Produced by Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey as part of Maths Week Scotland 2025.

Best suited for Third Level and above

Maths skills are at the heart of understanding climate change, understanding people’s responses to climate change and developing solutions – whether those are for preventing climate change, or adapting to it. Learn how you can use the Royal Meteorological Society new Climate Change Concept Tool, to support maths in the curriculum.

Best suited for Third Level and above

Watch the replay of the Code Breaking and Cryptography interactive talk from Maths Week Scotland 2022. Join Katie Chicot and Vicki Brown on a whistle stop tour of historical codes, where you will learn to make and break codes and see how cryptography is used today.

Hosted by the Open University

Best suited for Third Level and above

Using Statistics to Monitor Air Pollution - Around 30,000 deaths per year in the UK are linked to air pollution according to government figures. Around the UK, governments and local authorities are increasingly taking action to reduce air pollution levels through schemes which reduce vehicle emissions and encourage the use of public transport, cycling and walking. To target these interventions in the right areas, it is crucial that we can understand which parts of the country are most exposed to pollutants. This talk will explain how statistics is at the heart of this process.

Part of the Royal Statistical Society's William Guy Lecture Series

Halloween Maths Puzzles

Download our free spooky puzzles to hone your maths skills - from counting and pattern recognition, to logical thinking and code cracking. With something for all ages.