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Fencing

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Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.

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Sticks and Triangles

7 to 11

Using different numbers of sticks, how many different triangles are you able to make? Can you make any rules about the numbers of sticks that make the most triangles?

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Sports Equipment

7 to 11

If these balls are put on a line with each ball touching the one in front and the one behind, which arrangement makes the shortest line of balls?

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Public Key Cryptography

16 to 18

An introduction to coding and decoding messages and the maths behind how to secretly share information.

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Terrariums

11 to 14

Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.

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This Fencing

7 to 11

Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.

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Alternative Record Book

14 to 18

In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.

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Little Boxes

7 to 11

How many different cuboids can you make when you use four CDs or DVDs? How about using five, then six?

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Ideal Gases

16 to 18

Problems which make you think about the kinetic ideas underlying the ideal gas laws.

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Close to Triangular

14 to 16

Drawing a triangle is not always as easy as you might think!

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