LESSON PLANS

• 7 GENERAL GUIDELINES

SECTION 1 - ACTIVITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Multicultural maths from the past

• 12 WHERE DOES MATHS COME FROM? A look at famous mathematicians and important dates in mathematics history.
• 14 THE AFRICAN CHALLENGE A Nigerian board game of strategy called Dara.
• 16 THE BRITISH CHALLENGE Decoding messages with Alan Turing.
• 18 THE CHINESE CHALLENGE 1 Learn to count in Chinese and solve an ancient magic square mystery.
• 20 THE CHINESE CHALLENGE 2 Bigger Chinese numbers and a special 4 x 4 magic square.
• 22 THE CHINESE CHALLENGE 3 How to construct ever-larger magic squares.
• 24 THE EGYPTIAN CHALLENGE 1 Draw a parabola by folding paper.
• 26 THE EGYPTIAN CHALLENGE 2 Hypatia and the construction of an ellipse.
• 28 THE FRENCH CHALLENGE The construction of Monsieur Pascal's Triangle.
• 30 THE GREEK CHALLENGE 1 Number patterns - the triangle number sequence.
• 32 THE GREEK CHALLENGE 2 The history of pi (!) and how to calculate it.
• 34 THE INDIAN CHALLENGE 1 What do numbers look like on a Vedic square?
• 36 THE INDIAN CHALLENGE 2 Alternative multiplication methods - Vedic, Hindu, Russian.
• 38 THE ISLAMIC CHALLENGE 1 Rangoli tessellations using reflection, rotation and translation.
• 40 THE ISLAMIC CHALLENGE 2 Tessellations using the angle properties of regular polygons.
• 42 THE ITALIAN CHALLENGE Number patterns - The Fibonacci number sequence and spiral.
• 44 THE MAYAN CHALLENGE Number systems from around the world.
• 46 THE SWISS CHALLENGE Networks - can you get from A to B?

SECTION 2 - DATA HANDLING FROM AROUND THE WORLD: How statistics help us understand the present

• 52 THE CAPITAL WEALTH CHALLENGE A cross-section of countries and how they compare.
• 54 THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH CHALLENGE A focus on the USA, the UK and Australia.
• 56 THE EARTH'S AREA CHALLENGE A global view of land, desert and water.
• 58 THE INFANT MORTALITY CHALLENGE Bar charts to show data from Africa, Asia and South America.
• 60 THE LABOUR FORCE CHALLENGE Argentinian statistics in the spotlight.
• 62 THE POPULATION DENSITY CHALLENGE Statistics on population density from eastern Europe.
• 64 THE POPULATION INCREASE CHALLENGE Census information and the development of Canada.
• 66 THE RELIGION AND WORKFORCE CHALLENGE A look at the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.
• 68 THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST CHALLENGE How much forest is left and for how long?
• 70 THE URBAN POPULATION CHALLENGE A look at the percentage change in urban population in Scandanavia.

SECTION 3 - APPENDICES AND ANSWERS

• 77 APPENDIX 1 For use with WHERE DOES MATHS COME FROM? page 10.
• 78 APPENDIX 2 For use with WHERE DOES MATHS COME FROM? page 10.
• 79 APPENDIX 3 For use with THE AFRICAN CHALLENGE, page 12.
• 80 APPENDIX 4 For use with THE EGYPTIAN CHALLENGE 2, page 24.
• 81 APPENDIX 5 For use with THE GREEK CHALLENGE 1, page 26.
• 82 APPENDIX 6 For use with THE FRENCH CHALLENGE, page 28.
• 83 APPENDIX 7 For use with THE GREEK CHALLENGE 2, page 30.
• 84 APPENDIX 8 For use with THE MAYAN CHALLENGE, page 42.
• 85 APPENDIX 9 For use with THE SWISS CHALLENGE, page 44.
• 86 APPENDIX 10 For use with THE EARTH'S AREA CHALLENGE, page 54.
• 87 ANSWERS