Shapes and Smoke Rings – follow-up from the session

Bear in mind that Zoe sometimes leaves some things out of the talk or adds extra things in. So there may be some topics here that you don’t remember Zoe talking about.

Utilities Puzzle Stickers and Resources

STICKERS File (designed to be printed on Avery L7160-40 labels – can be bought on Amazon), that you can stick on to a mug to solve the Utilities Puzzle on. Or you could just draw the pictures them on a mug rather than use stickers! https://think-maths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Utilities-Puzzle-stickers-for-Avery-L7160-40-labels-sheet-of-21.pdf

UTILITIES PUZZLE: Utilities Puzzle activity/instruction sheet: https://think-maths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Utilities-Puzzle-PDF.pdf

K5 Puzzle (another topological graph puzzle), activity/instruction sheet: https://think-maths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/K5-Puzzle-PDF.pdf

Big CLUES for how to solve the Utilities Puzzle and the K5 Puzzle on a mug: https://think-maths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mug-Solutions-Updated-PDF.pdf

Mobius Loops

Mobius Loops investigation resources are here: https://think-maths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mobius-loops-Investigation-PDF.pdf

Geometry on other surfaces

These videos are worth watching if you are interested in geometry on other surfaces (eg the sphere), or the issues with mapping the globe on to a 2D plane.
https://www.numberphile.com/videos/5-sided-square
https://www.numberphile.com/videos/strange-map-projection