Children you might like to: <br />
<ul>
<li>Find all the references to time within the story and list
others that could have been used.</li>
<li>Consider the phrase "that's cool". Discuss what it
means and give examples of when you might use such a term.</li>
<li>Talk about the different ways in which you work while at
school.</li>
</ul>
<div>Parents you might like to:</div>
<ul>
<li>Explain the terms 'old chestnut' and 'that's cool'</li>
<li>Help try to solve the problem in the activity, and show what
this problem has to do with the mathematician called Euler.</li>
<li>Look up and discuss the words unicursal and transversable.</li>
<li>Pursue similar problems - remember trying to join up 5 dots
when you were young?</li>
</ul>
<div>Teachers you might like to:</div>
<ul>
<li>Explore other words/ phrases that are similar to 'old
chestnut'</li>
<li>Show why the problem Little Ming and Little Fung were arguing
aboutcan or cannot be done</li>
<li>investigate at greater length the mathematician Euler and what
he is famous for</li>
<li>Use the Internet to find similar problems. Hint: research
Hamiltonian journeys/ salesmen journeys find appropriate
mathematical 'old chestnuts' for the children to solve.
</li>
</ul>
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