Exploring shapes and puzzles with Toothpicks

Toothpicks, with something to join them together(blutac, Marshmallows, wine gums, jubes etc) are a great way to explore and create two and three dimensional shapes.

This activity starts with a 24 toothpick puzzle builds into looking for patterns and then into creating 2 and 3 dimensional shapes  Based on an original idea in "The I Hate Mathematics Book" by Marilyn Burns published by Cambridge University Press-1988.