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Design-a-Mathscot Competition
Maths Week Scotland needs a mascot - or as we like to call it, Mathscot - so we are inviting YOU to help us design one, which will feature prominently in this year's 'Maths Tales' theme.
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Maths Week Scotland 2024: Maths Tales
Maths Week Scotland will be back 23 September - 29 September 2024 with the theme Maths Tales, looking at how Maths is used to tell stories.
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Holiday Countdown 2023 Highlights
We have loved hearing from families and schools joining in with our Countdown to the Christmas Holidays, and have rounded up some of the pictures that have been shared with us.
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Christmas Holiday Countdown 2023
Our Christmas Holiday Countdown is back for 2023! From 1 to 20 December we will be sharing daily maths inspired activities to make the wait for the holidays a little more fun.
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Halloween Maths Activities
We've rounded up some of our spooky maths activities for you to try at home or in the classroom.
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30 Years of TechFest Science Festival
30 Years of TechFest's Science Festival kicks off this week (29 Oct - 18 Nov), with events in the Aberdeen as well as online. We've had a browse of the programme and picked out some of our favourite events.
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Innovations: Past, Present and Future at Stirling Science Festival 2023
Stirling Science Festival kicks off this week (11 - 14 October) with the theme "Innovations: Past, Present and Future". There's plenty of maths inspired events in the programme, so we've had a browse and picked out some of our favourites.
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Maths Week 2023 - Maths in Motion Highlights
We have enjoyed seeing what everyone got up to for our extended Maths Week Scotland this year, in particular the different ways everyone was inspired by this year's theme of 'Maths in Motion'. We've picked out a few of highlights to share.
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Scottish Museums Day 2023
For Scottish Museums Day (3 October) we’ve rounded up some of our favourite activities from museums from this year's Maths Week Scotland.
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New Maths in the Real World Resource Pack
Our new 'Show Your Working' resource pack pulls together digital postcards, videos and blog posts that have been shared over the last four years of our ShowYourWorking campaign, highlighting the maths behind a variety of job across all sectors.
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Maths Week 2023 for Schools - Volume 2
Everything you need to know about Week 2 of our Maths Week 2023 schools programme.
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Maths and The Arts: Where Magic Takes Form!
Curious about the perks of studying maths and its connection to the Arts? Explore the fascinating world where maths and creativity intertwine in this guest post from 3Theatre.
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Museum of Flight Family Maths Trail
Come along to the National Museum of Flight and take part in our free Family Maths Trail.
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Milngavie Reservoirs Civil Engineering Trail
This self-led walk around the popular Milngavie Reservoirs will open your eyes to the amazing civil engineering that’s all around them.
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Falkirk Tunnel & Wheel Civil Engineering Trail
This self-led trail takes you on a journey from the Falkirk Tunnel to its more famous neighbour, the Falkirk Wheel, along the Union Canal.
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Dumfries Bridges Civil Engineering Trail
On this self-led walk through the town centre bridges you’ll learn about the engineering behind them and see things you may never have noticed before.
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Aberdeen Harbour Civil Engineering Trail
This self-led walk from Aberdeen Harbour to Girdle Ness will take you back in time to Aberdeen’s beginnings, through history right up to the present.
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Glasgow's Kelvin Bridges Engineering Trail
This self-led walk from Kirklee along the River Kelvin will take you on a scenic journey with bridges old and new, simple and grand.
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Glasgow's Clyde Bridges Engineering Trail
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Glasgow’s Forth & Clyde Canal Engineering Trail
This self-led walk along Glasgow’s Forth & Clyde Canal will take you through the history of the city as well as that of Scotland itself.
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The Mathematical - Edinburgh's Union Canal Trail
This self-led walk along the stretch from Fountainbridge near the city centre, to the Slateford Aqueduct will take you through the history of the city as well as that of Scotland itself.
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JoJo Gnome and the Shape Map
If you are looking for some early years fun with shapes then Jo Hall has a new story for you. In 'JoJo Gnome and The Shape Map’, the little Scottish gnome goes for a walk finding shapes outdoors, perfect for this year’s ‘Maths In Motion’ theme.
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Kipper's Maths Trail for Schools
Visit the Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther with your class and explore the importance of maths in the fishing industry.
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Maths in Motion at the Gallery of Modern Art
Download the resource or book a free self-led visit to the gallery, to explore pattern, scale, shape, symmetry and maths in motion!