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Angle measurement: an opportunity for equity
Suggestions for worthwhile mathematical activity on the subject of
angle measurement for all pupils.
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Being curious - Primary students
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Are you a smart shopper?
7 to 11
In a town there are three supermarkets which each have a special deal on some products. If you bought all your shopping in one shop, which would be the cheapest?
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Bands and bridges: bringing topology back
Lyndon Baker describes how the Mobius strip and Euler's law can
introduce pupils to the idea of topology.
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Observing the Sun and the Moon
7 to 14
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
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physNRICH
PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics
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Magic constants
7 to 11
In a Magic Square all the rows, columns and diagonals add to the 'Magic Constant'. How would you change the magic constant of this square?
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3 rings
7 to 11
If you have three circular objects, you could arrange them so that
they are separate, touching, overlapping or inside each other. Can
you investigate all the different possibilities?
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New house
7 to 11
In this investigation, you must try to make houses using cubes. If
the base must not spill over 4 squares and you have 7 cubes which
stand for 7 rooms, what different designs can you come up with?