To celebrate Maths Week Ireland 2011 (14 – 22 October), CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO) is offering free events. Schools are invited to take part in a free maths boot camp on 21 October with Dr Maths, Steve Humble, who strives to prove that maths is at work in everyday ...
The Mallow Science and Maths Fair on 16 October promises to be an action-packed fun day for all the family. Attractions on the day will include: Chemistry magic show Planetarium Live demonstrations and interactive displays Stars and planets show Superheroes talk Who wants to be a maths millionaire Balloon rocket ...
Maths Week Café is a joint Event with Fernando Blasco and Maths Jam and hosted by the Alchemist Café Dublin. The event will take place on Tuesday 18 of October at 7.30pm at the Mercantile Hotel, Dublin. About Fernando Blasco Dr. Fernando Blasco is a mathematician at the Universidad Politécnica ...
Initiative is part of Government’s strategy to improve teaching and learning of maths in schools
Water for the World is an exciting and interactive workshop that will cover areas of Science, SPHE, SESE and Maths and is suitable for children ages 10 – 12 years. The aim of the workshop is to inform students about global water issues, water treatment and infrastructure, and the obstacles ...
This is a strategy based workshop where students must use maths and science to win. The students will use science to understand projectile motion and build a ping pong ball launcher. They will use maths to measure the distance to target and destroy their opponent’s fleet. Through this workshop students ...
Ireland and Leinster player talks to school students about engineering and maths
The annual Maths Week Ireland will take place from the 14th-22nd October 2011. Maths Week 2010 broke all the records with over 86,000 pupils on the island doing activities in school and attending events and we’ll start working now to beat that in 2011. Coordinated by Calmast at Waterford Institute ...
Discover Science & Engineering will be running maths workshops for primary school classes at next January’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The hands-on workshops will explore elementary mathematics through sight, sound, touch and movement. Each one-hour session will include a short informal presentation followed by the children exploring a ...
Unusual places to find mathematics in everyday life
