This article for teachers outlines issues to consider when developing an environment in which problem solving can thrive and links to a range of related NRICH tasks.
A selection of tasks for teachers wishing to use a Low Threshold High Ceiling approach in Secondary and Post 16 maths.
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Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.
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In the pirate pound shop, children can practise their counting skills by choosing ten items to spend their ten pounds on.
How can people be divided into groups fairly for events in the Paralympics, for school sports days, or for subject sets?
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Are these statistical statements sometimes, always or never true? Or it is impossible to say?
