Women in Maths
Women in Maths Day (12 May) celebrates female mathematicians around the world. We interviewed women for whom maths is at the core of their job.
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Ideas for Your Classroom
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.
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Pyramid Addition
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.
Escape Room
You'll need logic, numeracy sklls and your wits about you to escape Lochdonia Manor. Work your way through the rooms, find the codes and defeat the guard!
Instructions
How does the interactive mystery work? Read the instructions to get started!
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Number Fun with Lego
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.
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Maths Makes Art
Best suited for Early, First and Second Level
In a series of four videos, children demonstrate how mathematical principles including symmetry, tessellation and 3D shapes, can be the basis for a huge range of art and craft projects.
Created by Anne McNaught and Jo Hall
Prologue
In the Prologue, we set the scene for our story. Find out what mystery Finn has to solve!
>> Download Prologue
>> Download Museum Map
>> Download List of Suspects
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How to turn two circles in to a square
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.
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Twinkl Resources
Best suited for Early, First and Second Level
Twinkl Scotland have been working in collaboration with Maths Week Scotland to produce a wide range of resources linking to and informed by Curriculum for Excellence, which support teaching and learning maths. These free resources include talking cards, activity sheets and classroom ideas to get pupils talking about and engaging with maths. NEW RESOURCES ADDED FOR 2023!
Maths Outdoors
In 2020, Maths Week Scotland ran an online training session with Juliet Robertson on delivering Outdoor Maths sessions with early years and primary school aged pupils. You can download the resources from the session here.
Chapter 1
Finn Finity is on the case and has to solve his first puzzle!
>> Download Chapter 1
>> Download Puzzle 1
>> Download Puzzle 1 (simplified)
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Dance Like a Robot
Best suited for Early, First & Second Level
Join Rusy the Robot from the NumBots, and learn some robot dance moves to practice subitising, number bonds, double/half and one/two more/less. The resource combines movement with teacher-to-pupil interactions. The teacher can put the resource on the board (one slide for each activity) and follow the steps to do an activity together.
A collaboration by Numbots and Move & Learn
Mindset 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.
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Intergalactic Adventure
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
Chapter 2
Finn heads to the Explore gallery, to see advice from his friend Dolly. Will she be able to help?
>> Download Chapter 2
>> Download Puzzle 2
>> Download Puzzle 2 (simplified)
>> Download Puzzle 2 (advanced)
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National Galleries Scotland: Maths in Motion
Best suited for Early, First and Second Level
This resource offers six activities to ignite interest in both maths and art. We’ve put together a slide show ready for use in your setting.
Activities include symmetry, balance, speed, moving objects and pattern. Questions and tasks are deliberately open-ended to encourage learners to problem solve and develop their creativity skills.
Created by National Galleries Scotland
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Pig Dice Game
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!
Science Skills Academy Outdoor Activity Cards
Find the height of trees, practice data collection and enjoy ladder games with these activity cards from Science Skills Academy. These 17 activities can be carried out in a range of outdoor spaces with minimal equipment and are closely linked with the Curriculum for Excellence.
Navigating Our World
Navigating Our World is a workshop developed by the Learning and Engagement Team at Dynamic Earth to highlight the maths in the world around us.
Chapter 3
In the 'Fashion & Style' gallery, some stunning knitwear guides Finn to his next clue.
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National Galleries Scotland: The Beauty of Maths
Best suited for Early, First and Second Level
This resource aims to inspire learning about maths, through art. We’ve put together a powerpoint ready for you to use in school, or print out to use on a gallery visit to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
You can select the tasks that best suit your learners, try them in any order and adapt to suit. Activities include: Tesselation, Scale, Favourite numbers, Describing Shape, Symmetry and Pattern.
Created by National Galleries Scotland
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Cryptography Challenge
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
Chapter 4
A lost book in the 'Imagine' gallery holds the next clue - can Finn work it out?
>> Download Chapter 4
>> Download Puzzle 4
>> Download Puzzle 4 (advanced)
>> Download Newspaper