Children you may like to: <br />
<ul>
<li>complete the silhouette of the 'Gat Marn' plaque as last
seen;</li>
<li>work out the full cost of the plaque, not including green
baize, if the cost of the square was 100 US dollars;</li>
<li>design a poss ible replacement - but it must have at least one
line of symmetry.</li>
</ul>
Parents you may like to:<br />
<ul>
<li> make a collection of company logos and discuss the
shapes that are contained therein;</li>
<li>find what countries share a border with China;</li>
<li>find out about the currency used in China and those of the
neighbouring countries.</li>
</ul>
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Teachers you may like to: <br />
<ul>
<li>develop the ideas of symmetry a little more deeply. Can
tangrams be arranged with 1,2 or more lines of symmetry? Can
arrangements have rotational symmetry?</li>
<li>consider the role of symmetry in the design of goods and
materials.</li>
<li>explore some of the phrases in italics used in the story and
try to replace with alternatives.</li>
<li>consider other words that could be used to describe the
emotional conditions that Grandma T and Mr. Cheung found themselves
in.</li>
</ul>
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