project
Make your own pencil case
What shape would fit your pens and pencils best? How can you make it?
Spheres, cylinders and cones
problem
Gym Bag
Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
Can Jo make a gym bag for her trainers from the piece of fabric she has?
problem
Cylinder Cutting
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
An activity for high-attaining learners which involves making a new cylinder from a cardboard tube.
problem
Fill Me Up Too
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
In Fill Me Up we invited you to sketch graphs as vessels are filled with water. Can you work out the equations of the graphs?
problem
Which solid?
Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.
problem
Pack Man
Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
A look at different crystal lattice structures, and how they relate
to structural properties
problem
Immersion
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Various solids are lowered into a beaker of water. How does the
water level rise in each case?
problem
Packing 3D shapes
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
What 3D shapes occur in nature. How efficiently can you pack these shapes together?
problem
Funnel
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
A plastic funnel is used to pour liquids through narrow apertures.
What shape funnel would use the least amount of plastic to
manufacture for any specific volume ?
problem
Cola Can
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
An aluminium can contains 330 ml of cola. If the can's diameter is 6 cm what is the can's height?