A Mathematician Like Me is an empowering story that introduces young readers to the world of maths, creative thinking and problem-solving. Various maths concepts are covered, and some famous mathematicians from history introduced.
Author: Shini Somara
Illustrator: Nadja Sarell
Published by: Wren & Rook
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At the end of the week parents and families to joined a Rainbow Hunt at the local nature park with maths activities. Each family received e a Rainbow Maths Bag to use over the October holiday containing simple maths activities and resources such as coloured lollipop sticks for measuring and matching.
In this webinar recording, education specialist Lynda Keith looks at the potential of maths in stories and picture books as a way of helping children make sense of their real and imaginary experiences. Using a variety of books, Lynda offers practical suggestions about how to use these with young children, building quality interactions and mathematical conversations.
Suitable for all early years professionals.
Held by the Scottish Book Trust as part of Maths Week Scotland 2022
Suitable for all levels
Our Activity Packs contain ways to celebrate and enjoy Maths Week Scotland with early, first, second or third/fourth level children, either at home or school. NEW PACKS FOR 2024!
Content provided by Education Scotland
Posters to show off the maths hidden in plain sight. Download and print for your school or workplace.
Are you ready to play Maths Week Bingo? A fun way to keep track of all your Maths Week activities. How many activities can you complete? Can you complete a row across, down or diagonally? Or even the entire card! The middle is a free square, for an activity of your choice. Download your free Bingo sheet, and find inspiration for all the various activities, on our Bingo page.
SuperQuesters is a fantastic series of interactive STEM adventure stories, where readers solve a number of quests to help solve a science problem in the story.
Author: Lisa Moss & Dr Thomas Bernard
Illustrator: Amy Willcox
Published by: QuestFriendz
STEM Ambassadors volunteer their time to engage with young people in and out of the classroom. These valuable opportunities are free to access. You can browse the offers created by STEM Ambassadors, request a visit to your classroom, and download the Teacher Handbook.
Secondary schools in Angus all got to experience a real enigma machine with a visit from the Bletchley Park Team. They got hands on with cracking codes, and inspired by stories of the role of mathematicians in the Second World War.
Mr Peter Todd organised the week of workshops and talks with all secondary schools in the area, with funding from the Scottish Government and the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
Suitable for all levels
We love taking our maths outdoors, so we've come up with 30 fun ideas covering a range of different maths topics to get you active in nature and incorporate some maths along the way. Complete with downloadable calendar of ideas, and a set of 30 activity 'cards' for use in a classroom or home schooling setting.
This RPG game about maths in Ancient Egypt was developed by Daisy Abbott from Anderston Primary Parent Council, for Maths Week Scotland 2024.
In the latest episode of our children's books series, Senior Civil Engineer Rachel Hayden introduces us to one of her favourite pictures book - Rosie Revere, Engineer. This is a charming and witty story about pursuing your passion, but also learning from failure.
Author: Andrea Beaty
Illustrator: David Roberts
Published by: Abrams Books
Suitable for all levels
This resource pack pulls together all the examples, postcards, blog posts and videos that have been shared over the past years in our #ShowYourWorking campaign, which aims to show that maths is everywhere and highlight the importance of maths in all careers and sectors.
Although presented as a fictional scenario a sense of urgency and drama was created with authentic posters, presentation of activities and timed events.
Pupils used numeracy, reasoning, creative and social skills to solve problems including Designing a Rescue Vehicle, Moving Supplies, Recording a TV Appeal and Loading Planes.
Funding for transport for the schools and materials were from the Maths Week Scotland Small Grants Fund. Content for the day developed by school staff.
Suitable for all levels
Are you ready to play Maths Week Bingo? A fun way to keep track of all your Maths Week activities. How many activities can you complete? Can you complete a row across, down or diagonally? Or even the entire card! The middle is a free square, for an activity of your choice. Download your free Bingo sheet, and find inspiration for all the various activities, on our Bingo page.
All too often, a barrier to learning is a child's lack of confidence in their own ability, which is why the NumBots Scrapheap Stories were created, free for everyone to enjoy on YouTube. Each adventure serves as a gateway to a different growth mindsets, such as developing resilience, independent learning, respect, teamwork and more.
Our final recommendation for Book Week Scotland is another story about shapes, this time for slightly older kids. "The Perfect Fit" is perfect for talking about how different shapes fit together, and a great inspiration for creating some new shapes of your own.
Title: The Perfect Fit
Author: Naomi Jones
Illustrator: James Jones
Published by: OUP Oxford
We have another fun maths game to share with you today. Sim is a pen & paper game for two players. It's named after cryptographer and mathematician Gustavus Simmons, who first introduced the game in 1969.
Our next recommendation for Book Week Scotland is "One Very Big Bear". Counting from 1 to 6, this book also looks at comparing sizes, e.g. how many walruses are equal to one bear.
Title: One Very Big Bear
Author: Alice Brière-Haquet
Illustrator: Olivier Philipponneau & Raphaële Enjary
Published by: Abrams Appleseed
Suitable for all levels
The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) offers a wide range of resources, covering all ages and stages, which aim to bring maths alive in the classroom.