Visualising and representing
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problemSpots and Measles
99% of people who have measles have spots. Ben has spots. Do you think he has measles?
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gameSprouts
A game for 2 people. Take turns joining two dots, until your opponent is unable to move.
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problemLogo Challenge - Circles as Animals
See if you can anticipate successive 'generations' of the two animals shown here.
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problemLogo Challenge - Triangles-Squares-Stars
Can you recreate these designs? What are the basic units? What movement is required between each unit? Some elegant use of procedures will help - variables not essential.
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gameYih or Luk Tsut K'i or Three Men's Morris
Some puzzles requiring no knowledge of knot theory, just a careful inspection of the patterns. A glimpse of the classification of knots and a little about prime knots, crossing numbers and knot arithmetic.
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problemThe Bridges of Konigsberg
Investigate how networks can be used to solve a problem for the 18th Century inhabitants of Konigsberg.
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problemTriangles in the Middle
This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product. -
problemInstant Insanity
Given the nets of 4 cubes with the faces coloured in 4 colours, build a tower so that on each vertical wall no colour is repeated.