The decorations of our Christmas tree form a triangle. What is the minimum number of red balls you can move in order to see the triangle upside down? Merry Christmas to everybody!
SOLUTION
You need to move three. Look at the animation (by Leo)
Thursday 24 December 2009
A Christmas puzzle
The decorations of our Christmas tree form a triangle. What is the minimum number of red balls you can move in order to see the triangle upside down? Merry Christmas to everybody!
SOLUTION
You need to move three. Look at the animation (by Leo)
Sunday 20 December 2009
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Think differently!!! Nine dots problem
Draw nine dots on a paper and try to connect them with four straight lines without raising the pencil from the paper.
Solution - animation by Leo
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Crosswords
We are going to propose to you a few crossword and riddles made with Hot Potatoes. I found no way to embed them here, so I decided to upload them on a web-page I sometimes use for my students. Here is the first one. Enjoy it!
The lighters puzzle
We hope you will enjoy this riddle:
remove eight lighters so as to have two squares without any points of contact.
SOLUTION (animation by Leo)
Friday 20 November 2009
Wordclouds
We are proposing you a game: this is a wordcloud created with Wordle. Can you guess which theorem about the right triangle is hidden there? Then, it's your turn for a riddle.
Play with us and have a
Thursday 12 November 2009
Monday 9 November 2009
And the last- for now! :)
P.S. There are still 3 of us you haven't met yet, you will see their PowerPoint presentations in the Twinspace!
Friday 6 November 2009
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Monday 2 November 2009
Italian azulejos
I’ve appreciated so much your pictures, but … if you come in Matera we could go in Vietri (it’s not so far), and enjoy the tradition of Vietri’s and neapolitan ancient-style ceramics, that remembers 16th -18th century Spanish domination in Neaples. In Blue
Geometry in white and blue ceramic tiles on the walls of houses in Sintra, Portugal. I could have made a real collection, had I had the time for it. Unfortunately, we were on a rush all the time.
Sunday 1 November 2009
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Hello!
This is our project's blog. I hope you like it and we will all enjoy using it.
Looking forward to it.
Irina
Looking forward to it.
Irina
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