By David Shaw, 9 November 2016
Australian money is designed to be hard to copy. See if you can find all these features!
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By David Shaw, 16 September 2016
How long would it take to count to one million? Well you could just start a stopwatch and get to counting, but here’s how to work out if you’ll be done by dinner time.
By David Shaw, 18 August 2016
For many of us, tying shoelaces is something we learned long ago. And yet, a surprising number of people do their shoelaces incorrectly! So how can you tell, and how do you fix it? Read on to find out!
By David Shaw, 4 August 2016
A few minutes with a ruler, and you can make a smooth curve from a bunch of straight lines!
By David Shaw, 8 June 2016
Thousands of years ago, ancient Chinese people played a game with strange dice – and now you can make your own!
By David Shaw, 12 May 2016
Make some rocky road, and discover that there’s still heaps of space in a ‘full’ dish.
By David Shaw, 28 April 2016
People have been playing this boardgame for thousands of years. So come on, have a Go!
By David Shaw, 11 April 2016
How much money would it take to put a line of coins around the equator? With a bit of research and a bit of maths, you’ll soon know the answer!
By David Shaw, 2 March 2016
Learn about latitude, and find out where exactly on the Earth you are!
By David Shaw, 10 February 2016
Grab some dominos and Blu-tack, then make a puzzling sliding block puzzle!
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