Tenzi is a dice game for two or more players, which is great for number recognition. You will need a set of ten dice per player, with a different colour of dice each. The basic aim of the game is to be the first player to get all of your dice to show the same number.
Best suited for Second Level
These downloadable resources include 17 different maths activities for classes to enjoy outside.
Created by Science Skills Academy
Happy Christmas Jumper Day! In this logic puzzle, use the clues to work out who wants to buy each of the festive jumpers.
Test your problem-solving skills and try to crack our secret messages using clues
Code Break is an interactive web app consisting of three ciphers: Pigpen, Caesar and simple substitution (solved by frequency analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages by playing our interactive ‘Could you be a code breaker?’
Created by the Open University
Best suited for Second Level
How do you measure and what would you do with £1,000,000? How do we use maths to fight money crime? Watch the videos and try these activities to find out.
Content by Museum on the Mound
This fun activity with a maths twist has two phases: first you make the game, then you play the game. You could make other animals too.
Pyramid is a card game for two or more players, to practice addition. For older children, the same game play can also be used for multiplication. To play either version, you will need a standard set of cards with the face cards (Jack, Queen, King) removed.
Best suited for Second Level
Explore the National Museum of Scotland with a maths lens! Download the free trail to use on a self-led visit, including teachers notes with solutions and extension activities.
In our festive, cut out the symbols and place them on the grid so that you have one of each symbol in every row, column and block. There are three different levels of difficulty to choose from.
>> Download Festive Sudoku (easy)
>> Download Festive Sudoku (medium)
>> Download Festive Sudoku (advanced)
Here's a fun wee activity for younger learners, to playfully encourage number recognition: dig out your Lego and get creating! Building with Lego is an opportunity to incorporate a little maths in to your children's play time. How many bricks do they need of each colour? What size of bricks - 2x2 blocks, or 2x4? While they're having fun, they're already learning maths without even realising it.
Best suited for Second Level
The Parent Council at Anderston Primary School have created a series of games about 7 amazing mathematicians, including Annie Easley, Katherine Johnson, Maryam Mirzakhani, Florence Nightingale, Chika Ofili, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Wang Zhenyi.
Each game should take around 20 minutes to play and can be done using the free Escape Team app or simply solved on paper (although an adult will be needed to check the codes are correct!)
Best suited for Second Level
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.
In this activity we are going to be making ‘gingerbread’ house decorations out of recycled cardboard, and decorating them with shapes and symmetrical patterns.
It's time for a little geometry magic! Children will love this geometry paper trick - first you can impress them with it, and then they can impress their friends.
Get ready for some seasonal counting fun! How many of each of the symbols can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.
Best suited for Third/Fourth Level
This resource are aimed at lower secondary pupils was created for Maths Week Scotland 2021, and helps learners explore the role of maths in the hacksilver discovered from the Roman empire.
Watch the video to find out how Museum Curator Dr Fraser Hunter uses maths to uncover the stories behind these hacked up treasures. Learn more with our Roman Hackers resource (download below), which guides pupils to create and hack up their own silver vessels.
Are you ready for a mathematical space adventure? Prepare for a journey to the Planet Turasmara. Download and complete your passport application ready for boarding, then solve the six space maths challenges!
Created by the Scottish Mathematical Council
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:
Replays of all talks are available to watch on the e-sgoil website.
In this activity, we’ll show you how to make some 3D geometric ornaments out of paper straws and pipe cleaners.
Pig is a dice game for two or more players. All you need to play is one six sided die, some paper and a pen or pencil to keep score. Pig is what's known as a jeopardy game, where you have to decide whether to jeopardise previous points gained by rolling again to gain even more points. As well as practicing basic maths skills counting up your scores, Pig teaches you to think strategically - if you are too greedy and take too many risks, you might lose your points!
Can you complete the festive patterns in this seasonal activity sheet?
Best suited for Early, First and Second Level
We have rounded up some of the activities that have been shared with us by teachers on Twitter, for celebrating Maths Week Scotland in your classroom or school.
Five exhibits at National Museum of Scotland have been written in code! Can you use your code breaking skills to find out what they are?
Created by Open University Faculty of STEM
In this craft, we’re going to use the Fibonacci sequence to create a paper wreath.