Maths inside is a photo competition open to everyone in Scotland. - Join us on a journey of discovery for Maths Week Scotland 2025 with categories launching in Spring 2025! Can you see the maths inside? 📸
Maths is part of our daily life, have you ever thought about it? 🤔 The house, exercise route, daily dog walks and the weekly shop turned into a playground… your chance to get creative and make mathematical connections!
Can you see the maths inside? Send us a photo with the maths inside sticker on it to enter the competition into one of our categories. Your photo should be accompanied by a title and commentary explaining the maths inside, and mind to add the maths inside sticker. Participation can be individual or in small groups. Open to all ages. 🎁 Take a look at our prizes!
If you are under 16, you will need permission and help from your parents/carers/teachers to enter. It is very easy, you just need to take a photo and follow the submission instructions with the help of an adult. Back by popular request, those out-of-school can continue to submit their entries to Another Level. Get in touch if you have any questions or read below to learn more → details on how to enter the competition
Looking for inspiration? Discover our suite of resources for all competition entry levels and our past winners in our gallery of winners
maths inside: see different, make connections, celebrate! 🎈
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Watch again the 2024 Edition prize ceremony online by clicking here — held online live on Saturday 16th November and available to watch again for 180 days (May 2025)
Maths inside is a photo competition open to everyone living in Scotland hosted by the University of Glasgow. A massive thank you to all who joined us on a journey of discovery in the wild, and exploring the ‘why’ of shapes for Maths Week Scotland 2024! Can you see the maths inside?
Join us to celebrate on social media throughout the remainder of 2024, 👉 schedule of celebrations
Thank you to all the visitors at our previous exhibitions at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Kibble Palace, Botanical Gardens, Glasgow Science Festival; Orkney Science Festival, Glasgow Doors Open Festival & Explorathon. Keep an eye out here for updates on exhibitions in 2025 and beyond!
🚨Explore our winners gallery 📸🖼 👉mathsinside.com/discover/gallery👈 Experience the beauty of maths with ~190 winners & ~320 commended entries & schools—8 past editions of inspiration!🏆🏅🎉
🚨Attention Teachers — image bank activities targeted at Early Years to Fourth Level (Pre-school–S3) and Senior Phase (S4–S6), 10 new example journeys 🎹🌳🎨⚽⛺🏖👟☕🌱🚉 complemented by interdisciplinary learning activities with CfE experiences and outcomes (Es+Os) 👉mathsinside.com/discover/#resources-activities👈
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