Maths Week Scotland comissioned me to write some learning resources. The original brief was very open: they wanted five maths-themed activities, related to the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, to be offered to teachers (and anyone else looking to explore mathematical themes) for free on their website.
I wanted the resources to have explicit relevance to Scotland whilst still having relevance outside of its borders, so I took the opportunity to research some Scottish Mathematicians, aiming to explore one through each of the resources. I settled on John Napier; Eleanor Pairman; Sheila Scott Macintyre; Mary Somerville; and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. If you want to find out about what each of these people contributed to mathematics, explore the resources on Maths Week Scotland’s website!