During Problem Solving this week we worked in pairs to solve tangram puzzles. Chinese tangrams have been used in China since ancient times.
They usually consist of 7 flat shapes called tans but our first challenge was to solve a 5-piece tangram. All tans have to be touching and they can’t overlap!
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We had to create a candlestick, candle and a boat. Afterwards to challenge us even further we made Chinese inspired objects using a 7-piece tangram puzzle.
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