Maths aMazes

Jenny Gage, University of Cambridge [read Jenny's biography]

Summary

A special maths day videoconference for Year 5 pupils visiting Aldersley High School.

Talk

Labyrinths and mazes. What are labyrinths and mazes? What is the difference between them? What is their history?

Project work

Session 1: Labyrinths. Draw a Cretan labyrinth like the one the minotaur lived in!
Session 2: Mazes. Find the way through the mazes
Session 1 or 2: Is it a labyrinth or a maze?. Can you work out if this tiling pattern is a labyrinth or a maze?
Session 3: Network problems. Problems to solve based on networks - a maze is really a network