Year 7 talk – Shapes and Smoke Rings
Mobius Loops Activities
Investigate Mobius Loops further with our Mobius loops resource, linked below.
https://think-maths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mobius-loops-Investigation-PDF.pdf
Spherical Geometry
Sphere videos: These videos are worth watching if you are interested in geometry on other surfaces, 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
Year 8/9/10 talk – Freaky Probability
Find the solution to working out your chances of winning the UK National Lottery here.
Follow this link for some videos about Penney Ante (the coin flip game): www.think-maths.co.uk/penney-ante-vidoes
Watch a video about the Birthday Paradox on Numberphile: https://youtu.be/a2ey9a70yY0?feature=shared
How can probability link to Pi?
Watch this video with Matt (founder of Think Maths): https://youtu.be/RZBhSi_PwHU?feature=shared
Teachers – we’ve made some resources that link probability, factors and Pi, and are linked to Matt’s video. See the resource page, including teacher notes about all the activities, here: https://think-maths.co.uk/resources/pi-approximation-using-factors/