Position, Direction and Movement

  • Turning Man
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    Turning Man

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.

  • Triangle Animals
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    Triangle Animals

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    How many different ways can you find to join three equilateral triangles together? Can you convince us that you have found them all?

  • Olympic rings
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    Olympic Rings

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

  • Square split into a triangle and trapezium
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    Tangram Tangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?

  • Transformations on a Pegboard
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    Transformations on a Pegboard

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level

    How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?

  • A rolled up old-fashioned treasure map.
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    Treasure Hunt

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level

    Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

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