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Making maths: Indian window screen
Can you recreate this Indian screen pattern? Can you make up similar patterns of your own?
Reflections
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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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article2010: a year of investigations
This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010. -
articleCoordinating classroom coordinates
This article describes a practical approach to enhance the teaching and learning of coordinates. -
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. -
articleFriezes
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? -
articleThe frieze tree
Patterns that repeat in a line are strangely interesting. How many types are there and how do you tell one type from another? -
articleFrieze patterns in cast iron
A gallery of beautiful photos of cast ironwork friezes in Australia with a mathematical discussion of the classification of frieze patterns. -
gameFavouriteTransformation game
Age11 to 14Challenge level
Why not challenge a friend to play this transformation game?
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gamePenta play
Age7 to 11Challenge level
A shape and space game for 2, 3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board.