Royal Institution Master Class 6th February 2010

From Teach

Contents 1 Format of Morning 2 Activities / Challenges 2.1 Guess how the paper was cut and folded 2.2 Pentominoes 3 Action for next time (Monday 25th January)

Format of Morning

• Start at 10.00 in JG0001.
• Icebreaker to allocate teams. (20 mins for intro, etc)
• Then go to their break-out room, with box containing everything needed to do the 10 challenges.
• But issue them with just their first five challenges.
• 15-minute break
  • Us to mark their answers, and put results so far on a PowerPoint.
• Quiz at end, with nominated representative from each team to do on a 'Weakest Link' basis. (Mini-whiteboards)
  • Jokers etc
• Finish at 12.30

• 80 minutes of challenges.
• 40 minutes per session.

Activities / Challenges

• Colour-code the tasks so that they can see which are the easier tasks.

Guess how the paper was cut and folded

• Kinaesthetic and visual

Pentominoes

• Lot to be cut out.
• Christie has 30 sets

Action for next time (Monday 25th January)