Symmetry

  • Coordinate Challenge
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    Coordinate Challenge

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    Use the clues about the symmetrical properties of these letters to place them on the grid.

  • Tiles in a public building
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    Tiles in a Public Building

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    7 to 11
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    What is the same and what is different about these tiling patterns and how do they contribute to the floor as a whole?
  • Counters in the middle
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    Counters in the Middle

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    7 to 11
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    This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.

  • National Flags
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    National Flags

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    7 to 11
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    This problem explores the shapes and symmetries in some national flags.

  • Polydron
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    Polydron

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    7 to 11
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    This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
  • Shape Draw
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    Shape Draw

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    7 to 11
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    Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

  • Stringy Quads
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    Stringy Quads

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    7 to 11
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    This practical problem challenges you to make quadrilaterals with a loop of string. You'll need some friends to help!

  • Symmetry Challenge
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    Symmetry Challenge

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    7 to 11
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    How many symmetric designs can you make on this grid? Can you find them all?

  • ReflectoR ! RotcelfeR
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    ReflectoR ! RotcelfeR

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    7 to 11
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    Can you place the blocks so that you see the reflection in the picture?

  • Emmy Noether
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    Emmy Noether

    Find out about Emmy Noether, whose ideas linked physics and algebra, and whom Einstein described as a 'creative mathematical genius'.