Year 2 Being curious

  • project

    How many?

    This project challenges you to work out the number of cubes hidden under a cloth. What questions would you like to ask?

  • Let's Investigate Triangles
    problem

    Let's investigate triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • A City of Towers
    problem

    A city of towers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    In this town, houses are built with one room for each person. There are some families of seven people living in the town. In how many different ways can they build their houses?

  • problem

    Buzzy bee

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decorated the honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?

  • Catrina's Cards
    problem

    Catrina's cards

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    How would you find out how many football cards Catrina has collected?

  • What Shape and Colour?
    problem

    What shape and colour?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you fill in the empty boxes in the grid with the right shape and colour?

  • Sort the Street
    problem

    Sort the street

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

  • Matching Triangles
    problem

    Matching triangles

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

  • I Like ...
    problem

    I like ...

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?

  • Exploded Squares
    problem

    Exploded squares

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you create symmetrical designs by cutting a square into strips?