I’m a Mathematician, Get Me Out Of Here!

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Mangorolla CIC

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Education, Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics, Natural Sciences

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Accessibility & Inclusion, Curriculum Design, Digital Learning, Student Success

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Show your students maths at work outside the classroom in Maths Week
This October, show your students how maths is relevant to their everyday lives with I’m a Mathematician!
Connect your students with people working in a diverse range of careers which use maths in this student-led enrichment activity.
Explore more: https://imamathematician.ie

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

It’s a flexible online activity at no-cost for state maintained schools. It’s safe, secure and easy to use, suitable for ages from 8-18 year olds and moderated by DBS checked moderators.

Students can:
Read profiles of mathematicians who are working in a variety of different careers in STEM
Chat with mathematicians in 1:1 personal experiences in text-based live Chats
Ask more in depth follow-up questions
Vote for their favourite mathematician who will win €500

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Mangorolla CIC (2022). I’m a mathematician, get me out of here!. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/im-a-mathematician-get-me-out-of-here/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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