| Topic |
Suggested age range |
Mathematical areas covered |
| Babylonian Mathematics |
8-10 |
Shape, number, number bases |
| Labyrinths and Mazes |
8-11 |
Problem-solving, drawing and solving mazes and labyrinths |
| Labyrinths and Mazes |
9-11 |
Problem-solving, drawing and solving mazes and labyrinths |
Secret Codes + earlier presentation
|
9-11 |
Problem-solving |
| Secret Codes and the Enigma Machine |
10-12 |
Problem-solving |
| Magic Squares |
11-13 |
Number, algebra, proof |
| History of Calculating Machines |
11-13 |
Number, methods of calculation |
| Babylonian Mathematics |
11-13 |
Area, numerical calculations, number bases, fractions |
| How to hunt a submarine |
12-14 |
Bearings, percentages, graphs, problem-solving, distance and speed |
| Reading between the lines: Communicating in code long project: 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 |
12-15 |
Modular arithmetic, frequency analysis, prime numbers and public-key cryptography, error detecting and correcting codes, combinatorics, problem-solving |
| The Golden Section |
14-16 |
Algebra, geometry, proof |
| Codes and the Quantum Computer |
14-16 |
Frequency analysis, binary arithmetic, public key cryptography |
