Visualising and representing

  • Start Cube Drilling
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    Start Cube Drilling

    Age
    5 to 7
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    Imagine a 3 by 3 by 3 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will have holes drilled through them?

  • Always, Sometimes or Never?
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    Always, Sometimes or Never?

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

  • Square Surprise
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    Square Surprise

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Why do you think that the red player chose that particular dot in this game of Seeing Squares?
  • swimming pool
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    Swimming Pool

    Age
    5 to 11
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    In this problem, we're investigating the number of steps we would climb up or down to get out of or into the swimming pool. How could you number the steps below the water?

  • HexPentas
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    HexPentas

    Age
    5 to 11
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    How many different ways can you find of fitting five hexagons together? How will you know you have found all the ways?

  • Fraction Match
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    Fraction Match

    Age
    5 to 11
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    A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

  • If the World Were a Village
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    If the World Were a Village

    Age
    5 to 11
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    This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

  • Take three numbers
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    Take Three Numbers

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

  • How would we count?
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    How Would We Count?

    Age
    5 to 11
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    An activity centred around observations of dots and how we visualise number arrangement patterns.