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Pinhole camera

11 to 14

Make your own pinhole camera for safe observation of the sun, and find out how it works.

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Olympic turns

7 to 11

This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.

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Links and knots

14 to 18

Some puzzles requiring no knowledge of knot theory, just a careful inspection of the patterns. A glimpse of the classification of knots, prime knots, crossing numbers and knot arithmetic.

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Making footprints

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3 to 5

In this activity, children will develop an awareness of the faces of 3D shapes by using them to make 'footprints' in soft dough.

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Making algebra rich

5 to 11

Lynne suggests activities which support the development of primary children's algebraic thinking.

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bioNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of the biological sciences, designed to help develop the mathematics required to get the most from your study of biology at A-level and university.

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Converging means

14 to 16

Take any two positive numbers. Calculate the arithmetic and geometric means. Repeat the calculations to generate a sequence of arithmetic means and geometric means. Make a note of what happens to the two sequences.