problem Clock Hands Age 7 to 11 Challenge level This investigation explores using different shapes as the hands of the clock. What things occur as the the hands move.
page Making Maths: Indian Window Screen Can you recreate this Indian screen pattern? Can you make up similar patterns of your own?
page Watch those Wheels Have you ever noticed the patterns in car wheel trims? These questions will make you look at car wheels in a different way!
page Lafayette What mathematical words can be used to describe this floor covering? How many different shapes can you see inside this photograph?
article Paint 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.
article 2010: A Year of Investigations This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010.
article Coordinating Classroom Coordinates This article describes a practical approach to enhance the teaching and learning of coordinates.
article Shaping 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.
article The 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?
article Frieze 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.