An interactive story in five chapters with maths puzzles and activities to solve as you read. If you complete the story, the final puzzle lets you 'unlock' a hidden webpage where you can download a small reward.
Suitable for all ages
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! Download your free Bingo sheet, and find inspiration for all the various activities, on our Bingo page.
Available in English and Scottish Gaelic
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.
Louise Pennington demonstrates how the use of manipulatives can enrich thinking, vocabulary, language and communication in this practical webinar. Please note that you will need a piece of A4 paper and either Numicon shapes or the Numicon printable shapes downloaded from The Oxford Owl website.
Aimed at P1-P7 educators. Also relevant for Secondary educators interested in language and manipulatives in maths.
Held by Oxford University Press as part of Maths Week Scotland 2022
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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
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.
Developed for Maths Week Scotland 2021, these resources from the Scottish Book Trust embed numeracy into early years activities. The resources contains ideas for activities, songs and rhymes to help plan fun sessions with a numeracy focus.
Counting songs and rhymes, finger counting and props can help reinforce number sequences, physical values of numbers and children's overall awareness of numbers.
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.
Help us spread the word about Maths Week Scotland! Download our Media Pack with a selection of graphics, digital assets, and example texts for different platforms.
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Five exhibits at National Museum of Scotland and National Museum of Flight have been written in code! Can you use your code breaking skills to find out what they are?
Note: you don't need to be at the museum to solve the challenges.
Created by Open University Faculty of STEM
This 20-page booklet, developed by Dumfries and Galloway Outdoor and Woodland Learning Group (DGOWL) with grant funding from Maths Week Scotland, is packed with games and activities to help families engage with maths outdoors together.
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
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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
Take maths outdoors with these 25 outdoor games from Juliet Robertson.
Photo by Andy Catlin
Posters to show off the maths hidden in plain sight. Download and print for your school or workplace.
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
Get hands on with your very own DIY bead & string puzzle. First you'll need to make it, then you'll need to solve it!