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Friezes
Some local pupils lost a geometric opportunity recently as they surveyed the cars in the car park. Did you know that car tyres, and the wheels that they on, are a rich source of geometry?
Reflections
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articleShaping Up With Tessellations
This article describes the scope for practical exploration of tessellations both in and out of the classroom. It seems a golden opportunity to link art with maths, allowing the creative side of your children to take over. -
articleCoordinating Classroom Coordinates
This article describes a practical approach to enhance the teaching and learning of coordinates. -
article2010: A Year of Investigations
This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010. -
articlePaint Rollers for Frieze Patterns
Proofs that there are only seven frieze patterns involve complicated group theory. The symmetries of a cylinder provide an easier approach.
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pageMaking Maths: Indian Window Screen
Can you recreate this Indian screen pattern? Can you make up similar patterns of your own?
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problemCushion Ball
Age16 to 18Challenge level
The shortest path between any two points on a snooker table is the straight line between them but what if the ball must bounce off one wall, or 2 walls, or 3 walls? -
problemRetracircles
Age16 to 18Challenge level
Four circles all touch each other and a circumscribing circle. Find the ratios of the radii and prove that joining 3 centres gives a 3-4-5 triangle. -
problemRots and Refs
Age16 to 18Challenge level
Follow hints using a little coordinate geometry, plane geometry and trig to see how matrices are used to work on transformations of the plane. -
problemHidden Meaning
Age7 to 11Challenge level
What is the missing symbol? Can you decode this in a similar way?