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Fit These Shapes

5 to 11

What is the largest number of circles we can fit into the frame without them overlapping? How do you know? What will happen if you try the other shapes?

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Capture and Recapture

11 to 16

How do scientists or mathematicians estimate the size of a population of wild animals?

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Following on from a workshop at an MA Easter conference, Jennifer and Jenni talked about the way in which the website is made more accessible to teachers who want to plan threads of activity. Here’s a pattern- based theme.

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Dice, Routes and Pathways

5 to 14

This article for teachers discusses examples of problems in which there is no obvious method but in which children can be encouraged to think deeply about the context and extend their ability to think mathematically, especially geometrically.

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Seeing Rhombuses

7 to 11

Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

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10 Olympic Starters

16 to 18

10 intriguing starters related to the mechanics of sport.

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Geometry and Gravity 1

11 to 18

This article (the first of two) contains ideas for investigations. Space-time, the curvature of space and topology are introduced with some fascinating problems to explore.