University of Leeds provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration ...

Challenge children to discover mathematical patterns in the world and create their own with this repeating patterns KS1 lesson plan… The world is full of amazing patterns, and opening children’s eyes ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...