Year 2 Being collaborative

Can you cover the camel with these pieces?

Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

Which comes next in each pattern of dominoes?

We have a box of cubes, triangular prisms, cones, cuboids, cylinders and tetrahedrons. Which of the buildings would fall down if we tried to make them?

Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.

What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?

Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.

If you count from 1 to 20 and clap more loudly on the numbers in the two times table, as well as saying those numbers loudly, which numbers will be loud?

Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?

Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?

This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?

This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?

Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?

Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?

Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

This activity focuses on rounding to the nearest 10.

Throw the dice and decide whether to double or halve the number. Will you be the first to reach the target?

Can you work out what shape is made when this piece of paper is folded up using the crease pattern shown?

Have a go at making a few of these shapes from paper in different sizes. What patterns can you create?

Can you describe a piece of paper clearly enough for your partner to know which piece it is?

It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?

How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?

Order these four calculations from easiest to hardest. How did you decide?

Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?

Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

In this activity, shapes can be arranged by changing either the colour or the shape each time. Can you find a way to do it?

Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in each case to complete the pattern of these eight sets of three dominoes?

Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?

In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

If there are 3 squares in the ring, can you place three different numbers in them so that their differences are odd? Try with different numbers of squares around the ring. What do you notice?

This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.

In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?

Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?

Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?

Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.

What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?

Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?