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How good are you at throwing? This game rewards you not just for throwing on target, but knowing how good you are!

Here’s a fun game that will reward you when you don’t tell the truth. Have a go at liar’s dice!

We’ve got a game for you to try. Grab a couple of dice, pens, paper and a friend: let’s go!

Here’s a fun game that will help you explore probability. With a bit of thought you’re more likely to win. Are you smart enough to work it out?

A scavenger hunt can be an opportunity to explore the use of statistics in the world around you. Think of the scavenger hunt as a way to show the extent of your knowledge, your depth of understanding and your levels of sophistication in using some of your statistical skills. Safety: Let an adult know where […]

How likely is it that at least two people out of 30 will share a birthday?

Round circular graphs are known as pie charts. That name gave us an idea – what if they were made from pies?

If you read scientific reports closely, you will come across words such as error and uncertainty. What do they mean? If a teacher tells you that you made an error on a test, then you got something wrong. In everyday language, that’s what error often means – a mistake.

A few months ago, scientists from the Large Hadron Collider announced they had found a new particle, one that could be the Higgs boson. The Higgs particle is thought to have properties explaining how other particles have mass. But the first signs of this new particle were detected over a year ago.