Celebrate Mathematics for Maths Week Scotland 2024

The University of Edinburgh invites all teachers and educators to celebrate the beauty and breadth of mathematics! You will get hands-on, try a variety of stimulating mathematical activities, witness mathematical magic and find out what resources the University of Edinburgh can offer to schools and communities. Hopefully you will find some ideas to take to your classroom or community. You will hear from staff members about their research and, overall, you will have a chance to celebrate the creative and fun side of mathematics. Light refreshments will be provided after the event.

The workshop is aimed at all primary teachers, all secondary maths teachers and all educators with an interest in mathematics. We will explore a range of resources, suitable for all ages between 5 and 16.

Below is a tentative program for the workshop.

5:00-5:15: Registration and Welcome

5 :15-6:30: Hands-on workshop lead by the University Mathematics Outreach Team. Here you will be able to get hands-on and have a go at some of our most popular activities and some "mathematical magic tricks". Hopefully you will get some ideas on resources to use in your classroom.

6 :45: 7:05: Short talk by Dr Kit Searle, teacher and researcher at the School of Mathematics

7 :05-7:15: Q&A

7:15-7:45: Light refreshments and more opportunities for Q&A

N OTE: For those who have attended our workshops for educators in the past, please note that we will use a mix of old and new activities. Hence you will still be able to attend the workshop and see something new.

PLEASE NOTE:

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Data about your School and postcode will be used by the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh to analyse the demographics of participants, and may be anonymised and then published in the future (appearing in University reports, Education, Mathematics or Science Communication Journals/Conferences, for example). Other data may be stored by the University of Edinburgh for up to five years, and used for the purpose of evaluating the event. The University will not share any personal data with third parties. If you would like your data to be deleted from our datastore, please email [email protected].

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