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Where’s the Maths in that?
An engaging and easy to use set of visual resources that beg the question: ”Where’s the maths in that?”
International Day of Mathematics 2021 – Comparing Chocolate
Covers topics including proportional reasoning, surface area and scatter graphs.
International Day of Mathematics 2021 – Fairtrade Chocolate
Covers topics including proportional reasoning, percentages and graphs.
Sports themed STEM resources
Three mathematical, football-related classroom resources, produced in collaboration with the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Pringle Permutations
This activity uses an advert from the 2019 Superbowl to explore permutations and combinations.
Victor Vasarely Cube
Explore the work of Victor Vasarely and optical illusions using isometric drawing.
Fractals
Fractals allow us to challenge our notion of infinity while drawing some beautiful shapes. This activity explores Koch’s Curve and the Sierpinski Triangle.
Hyperspheres
Geometry beyond 3D can become amazing very quickly. Explore spheres beyond 3D, and what happens when you pack them inside cubes.
Möbius strips
Explore the baffling world of möbius strips and what happens when you have more than one strip, or more than one twist. There are some surprising results!
Origami Dodecahedron
This set of three presentations takes students through making the basic units for the dodecahedron and instructions for creating the dodecahedron using post-its. The third presentation explores the graph theory behind the creation of a three colour dodecahedron.
Modular Origami
These two presentations take students through creating units which can make up other shapes. There are detailed instructions to make a cube or a stellated octahedron in the second presentation.
Stellated polygons
Your students can explore the world of stellated shapes using ruler and compasses – or GeoGebra if they have computer access.
27 card trick
This card trick is an extension of the 21 card trick that will help you to surprise your friends and family! We suggest you master the 21 card trick before you try this extreme version…
21 card trick
This activity explores the maths behind the ‘magic’ of this classic card trick that has amazed audiences for years.
10 card trick
Can you ‘control minds’ and make people do what you want – or does the maths help you?
Trick Product – All the Ones
Have you ever wondered why squaring numbers made of ones creates the patterns it does? This activity supports students in understanding how the place value of the number leads to the patterns we see.
Sum Tricks
Have you ever wanted to add numbers really fast? This activity shows how to add large numbers quickly… if you know the secret!
Dastardly Digits
Can you do ‘magic’ or ‘mind-reading’? In this activity, we explore the maths of some ‘magic’ that students can reproduce to amaze their friends and families.