Maths

Listed below are various websites which can give you much background information on design & technology. Some of them are great fun too!

Archimedes
You and your class can find out how Archimedes, a famous ancient Greek mathematician, used the measurement of volume by displacement of water to detect a fraud involving a golden crown. Look at this site. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html

Geometer
You can find out about Euler's Theorem, which describes the relationship between the edges, faces and vertices of a regular solid on this website. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.geometer.org/mathcircles/euler.pdf

Mathforum
If you are interested in polyhedra then look at this site. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
mathforum.org/alejandre/workshops/unit14.html