The Ouseburn Maths Trail 1

The Ouseburn Maths Trail

Stand outside Ouseburn Farm.

·  Look at the gates to the Farm grounds.

·  Name the animals you see carved on it.

______

·  Draw the leaf motif in the box.

·  Talk together about any patterns

you can find in the artist’s design.

Find two concentric circles built into the ground nearby.

·  In pairs talk about how you could measure the circumference of each circle.

·  What is the circumference of each circle

______& ______

·  What is the difference between them? ______

Look at the Ouseburn Farm window.

·  How many circles can you see? ______

·  Go inside to see what it looks like from the other side!

Find the yellow ADT alarm on the wall half way up the entrance ramp.

·  Count the sides ______

·  Name the shape ______

·  Draw a repeating pattern you can make with this shape in the box.

Walk up the narrow lane leading past the Cluny Bar, to Seven Stories on Lime Street.

As you walk up, look for the round information plaque on the granite steps on your right.

·  How long did Mill House stand on this spot? ______

·  How long since it was demolished? ______

Stand on the pavement in front of Seven Stories.

·  When does it open on Sundays?______

·  How many hours is it open for on Fridays?______

Walk back along Lime Street towards the Ship Inn.

Find a signpost telling you how to get to places.

·  Which is quicker to walk to: the Biscuit Factory

or the City Centre?

______

·  How much quicker? ______

Walk back down towards Ouseburn Farm.

Find the wooden tables on the grass outside the Ship Inn.

·  In pairs, talk about how you could find

the area of one of the tables.

·  Work out the area of one of the tables.

______

·  What is its perimeter?

______

Walk down to the wooden bridge over the river.

·  Draw the pattern made by the bridge’s

wooden railings in the box below.

·  See if you can find another repeating pattern on the railings.

Find a sign on the bridge with the number 8784 on it.

·  Use the numbers 8, 7, 8, and 4 to make the biggest number you can.

(Try adding, multiplying or combining.) Show your method in the box below.

·  What is the smallest number you can make with these four numbers?

Show your method in the box below.

Find No. 1 Byker Pier.

·  Complete the picture of the front of the building to make it symmetrical,

by sketching in the bottom half.

Aim to make the smallest possible number of changes.

Cross Foundry Lane and walk up the steps to your left leading to the Cumberland Arms.

·  Count the steps as you go, looking for a pattern made by the step sizes.

·  Can you make a musical pattern with your voices as you go up, to fit with the pattern of small and large steps?

Find the Storytelling Circle on your left at the top of the steps.

·  How many children can fit on to the seat

pictured here?

______

·  How long would the seat have to be to fit

12 children on to it?

______

Walk up the steps to the pub terrace and stand at the railings.

Look across to Byker Bridge and spot a church with a pointed spire.

You should be able to see the tops of buses and lorries crossing the bridge.

·  Working for 5 minutes, complete the tally chart below:

Time started: / Traffic going towards city centre / Traffic going away
from city centre
Bus

Lorry or van

·  After finishing your tally, talk about what you have found out, e.g.:

Is there more traffic going towards the city or away from it?

Are there more buses or more vans and lorries going over the bridge?

Walk back down the steps to the river and back to Ouseburn Farm.

Here are two extra challenges starting from outside Ouseburn Farm.

Walk towards the high red brick bridge. This is Byker Bridge. Stop underneath its arch.

·  Can you work out a method of estimating the height of the bridge?

What measurement might you use?

______

·  Using your measurement method, have a go at estimating the height of the bridge.

You could do this in pairs or as a group if you like.

·  Talk about how easy or difficult it is to measure the bridge using your method.

Walk further on and stand on the low stone bridge. This is Crawford’s Bridge.

·  Find and draw objects containing these three shapes in the boxes below.

Cylinder Triangle Parallelogram

·  If you have time, look for some other interesting maths shapes and draw the objects in the box below.

Make your way back to Ouseburn Farm.

Congratulations. You are now an

Ouseburn Mathematician!