By David Shaw, 2 March 2016
Learn about latitude, and find out where exactly on the Earth you are!
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By David Shaw, 10 February 2016
Grab some dominos and Blu-tack, then make a puzzling sliding block puzzle!
By David Shaw, 13 January 2016
Feel like a biscuit? This recipe will make exactly one tasty piece of shortbread.
By David Shaw, 28 December 2015
Turn an old copy of Guess Who into a game with a mathematical twist!
By David Shaw, 6 November 2015
This simple pattern reveals a heart from a circle and a lot of straight lines!
By David Shaw, 30 October 2015
Learn the ancient (and very fun) game of Nine Men’s Morris.
By David Shaw, 9 October 2015
There’s only four pieces, but this puzzle is Totally Tricky!
By David Shaw, 30 September 2015
Written by Azmina Hossain Make a pop-up greeting card with a beautiful fractal pattern.
By David Shaw, 31 August 2015
If you wanted a really cool bathroom, what shape would you use for the tiles? Squares will work, or rectangles, or even hexagons. But can we use five-sided tiles?
By David Shaw, 28 August 2015
Think your bathroom is boring? Try tons of terrific tessellations and show that tiling is styling! Find out more about the maths of tessellation in this hands-on maths activity.
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