interactivity
Virtual geoboard
A virtual geoboard that allows you to create shapes by stretching rubber bands between pegs on the board. Allows a variable number of pegs and variable grid geometry and includes a point labeller.
problem
Transformations on a pegboard
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?
problem
Board block challenge
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
problem
Nine-pin triangles
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
problem
Pebbles
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Place four pebbles on the sand in the form of a square. Keep adding as few pebbles as necessary to double the area. How many extra pebbles are added each time?
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More geoboards upper primary
More upper primary activities which make use of the geoboard or pegboard.