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What is Rotational Symmetry?

June 3, 2014 By Lisa

buttercup displaying rotational or radial symmetry

  Thanks to an opportunity to collaborate with our friends in the Clonakilty Bike Festival, we are putting together an activity on ‘What is Rotational Symmetry?’.  What is Rotational Symmetry? Repeated patterns around a fixed point. Rotational Symmetry can involve any number of repeated elements. You see it many places but probably don’t realise it. Using […]

Filed Under: bikes, children's activity, content, nature study, Shape Hunting, symmetry Tagged With: 7-9 years, circle, circles, nature, observation, patterns, shells, spiral, symmetry

How to Ride a Bike.

June 2, 2014 By Lisa

Chopper bicycle

The Number One ingredient for learning how to ride a bike is a child who is ready. They all get to this in their own time.  We bought a bike for our daughter for her 6th birthday. But still she didn’t really embrace it until well after her 7th. Myself and her dad slightly lost it with […]

Filed Under: bikes, children's activity, Nature deficit disorder, parent interest Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, family, senses

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