by David Watkins, Maths Editor | Jun 1, 2020 | Higher, Mathematics, National 5, Shape Space and Measure
Author: Chris Royle, Maths Teacher, Moray House School of Education and Sport
These two worksheets give learners the chance for learners to explore the topic of vectors which gets introduced during the National 5 Maths course. Learners will need to have experience of vectors to be able to attempt these tasks. They are structured as an investigation where learners have to investigate the number of ‘routes’ from a start point to an endpoint, then to express these in terms of vectors, then to see what connections there are between the simplified paths.
This resource would be suitable for teachers, or potentially for learners who are already familiar with the topic to do self-study.
Two worksheets:
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | May 27, 2020 | 1st level, 2nd level, 3rd level, Mathematics, Shape Space and Measure
Submitted by: Peter Reid, College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Guide for teachers and parents/carers
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | May 27, 2020 | 2nd level, 3rd level, Being Mathematical, Mathematics, Maths in the Real World
Authors: Francesca Iezzi, Ana McKellar, Lukas Cerny, Benedetta Mussati and Patrick Kinnear, with the Maths Outreach Team at The University of Edinburgh (this resource can also be found here)
These resources is a set of games, puzzles and worksheets which provide a basic introduction to the mathematical topic of graph theory, which has many real-life applications but isn’t often covered in maths in school. Graph theory has real-life applications to the maths of maps and network diagrams.
Rivers and Bridges: a set of problems based on the famous ‘Seven Bridges of Königsberg’ problem. Can you find a way to walk over all the bridges in the city without travelling over the same bridge twice?
Shannon Switching game: a game for two players. Play the game a few times, and then the key question is: can you find a strategy that can guarantee you will win? Is there a winning strategy for the games?
Graph vertex colouring: can you colour each dot (vertex) on the graph so that no dot is connected to another dot of the same colour? What is the smallest number of colours you can use?
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | May 26, 2020 | 3rd level, 4th Level, Mathematics, Maths in the Real World
Access the resource at: https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-mathematics/outreach/mathsweekscotland/maths-week-at-work
Created by: Francesca Iezzi, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh
This series consists of five videos about how Maths is used in the World of Work. They are aimed at S1-S4 students, but might be suitable for younger or older students because the puzzles do not require much background knowledge.
In each of them a maths graduate explains how maths is used in their job, and then challenge us with a puzzle related to their job. You will find the videos, puzzles and answers to the puzzles at the link above!
There is also a ‘tips for teachers’ file to help teachers make the most of this resource: https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/atoms/files/overview-_tips_for_teachers.pdf
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