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This series of five videos focuses on motion in mathematics, with a focus on sports covering various topics.

Each video is accompanied by a brief description, any web-links referred to in the video and a list of key vocabulary to support planning and preparation.

Created by the Scottish Mathematical Council for Maths Week Scotland 2023

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Measurements, times, scores...numbers are everywhere in sport. Our sporty maths quiz challenges pupils to explore the maths behind different sports.

Tessellations are arrangements of shapes closely fitted together, in a repeated pattern without gaps or overlapping. how to make your own tessellation template, so that your repeating pattern fits together.

Sevens is a fun dice game for two or more players, that you can play anywhere, any time. It encourages number and quantity recognition, and basic addition skills.

Whether you’re travelling and need something to keep the kids busy on the road, or looking for a boredom buster back at home, you can’t go wrong with this quick and easy pen and paper game.

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Developed for Maths Week Scotland 2021 these, resources are a fun way to explore maths through golf. From pars to handicaps, wind speed to distance, ball trajectory to the slant of the green, almost every aspect of golf relies on numerical calculation.

Developed by Winning Scotland and Aberdeen Standard Investments in support of the Making Maths Count ambition to engage more pupils in maths in real-life contexts

A pentomino puzzle is a tiling puzzle with lots of different solutions, that helps build problem solving skills and strategic thinking. Dig out your Lego to create your own puzzle!

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How did maths build the castle? How did division help people survive a seige? Explore Edinburgh Castle and your local area through maths eyes with our activities aimed at P5-7 pupils, or use the adapted 'for home' version for some Castle maths in the classroom.

Produced by National Museums Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and The Regimental Museums in Edinburgh Castle

Create your own geometric cityscape, inspired by the artworks of Paul Klee.

Learn how to play Dara - a row building game from Northwest Africa, that encourages number sense, logical thinking and spacial perception.

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These downloadable resources include 17 different maths activities for classes to enjoy outside.

Created by Science Skills Academy

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside... Keep up your maths over the summer holidays, with our fun games and activities to do at the beach.

We love taking our maths outdoors, so we've come up with 30 fun ideas to do together as a family, that will 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'.

To celebrate Pi Day, we're showing you two different ways to make a necklace or bracelet that will help you memorise the digits of pi. Wear yours on Pi Day, or make one to share with a maths loving friend.

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How can we use music and dance to explore mathematical concepts? Get your dancing shoes on and explore symmetry and data collection through ceilidh dance. These activities can be done with a whole class, small groups or objects on a tabletop.

The pre-recorded session is available for you to run at whatever time is most suitable to your class. The materials include a video and a set of lesson notes

Produced by Science Ceilidh for National Museums Scotland.