engagement
Newton Aycliffe (1)
Newton Aycliffe (1)

This project funded by Creative Partnerships involved a challenge issued to the class by their teacher to design a mathematical puzzle for other students.

We researched the structure of the pyramids, did a little geometry and surveying on the football pitch, used Excel for working out some really big sums and did some masonry on real blocks of limestone.

Above all, we made a useful link with a local company using CADCAM to supply custom joinery – they supplied us with thousands of wooden blocks with which to experiment, so that we could make a 3D model of an interlocking pyramid puzzle. At first we ignored the sloping sides and focused on the block structure. Here is Erin and Phoebe's model for the pyramid puzzle

Newton Aycliffe (1)

This project funded by Creative Partnerships involved a challenge issued to the class by their teacher to design a mathematical puzzle for other students.

We researched the structure of the pyramids, did a little geometry and surveying on the football pitch, used Excel for working out some really big sums and did some masonry on real blocks of limestone.

Above all, we made a useful link with a local company using CADCAM to supply custom joinery – they supplied us with thousands of wooden blocks with which to experiment, so that we could make a 3D model of an interlocking pyramid puzzle. At first we ignored the sloping sides and focused on the block structure. Here is Erin and Phoebe's model for the pyramid puzzle