Resources by Tarquin Publications

All the colourful models in this collection, when cut out and glued together have curious and interesting properties. Some rotate, some fold and unfold, some twist and others fit together in unexpected ways. A...

Includes detailed instructions for making a wide variety of mathematical...

Teachers interested in the borders between mathematics and art will find this a most stimulating resource. Patterns are constructed from 'dotty' papers, using reflection, tessellations, enlargement etc in a most imaginative way.

'Mathematical team games' are special mathematical puzzles and problems which produce real cooperation between the members of a team. The mathematical content is that of the normal curriculum...

Most people have taken part in treasure hunts of various kinds in different social contexts. What perhaps is not generally realised is just how easy and rewarding they can be to include...

Maths Trumps games provide players with what's needed to learn and revise by playing a great game of real skill. 

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A collection of curious transforming paper models, which have the property of eventually returning to their starting position. There is a detailed theoretical explanation and exploration of there surprising objects...

Each of the diagrams in this book poses a geometrical puzzle which has to solved simply by looking, thinking and imagining. For instance, what would you see if you look further into that hollow cube? By making models...

The students are given the data or a diagram to solve a problem - which of four characters is a murderer. To find out, the student must solve all or most of the questions on the sheet to...

Marcus du Sautoy shows how precision measurement has helped to define and advance civilisation. It has taken us from Stone Age Skymaps to the exploration of outer space. Packed with cutting-edge science and jaw-dropping examples from the modern world, this is a journey from sundials to time lords and lasers.