Science Marathon (Scithon)

The Four Colour Theorem

The four colour theorem is a mathematical result from Graph Theory which says that any map can be coloured with four colours or less...

All numbers have an even number of factors, with the exception of square numbers. You will be able to show this visually in the following experiment.

Mobius strips are truly fascinating. Created using tape and paper, these objects are a great way of introducing surfaces and edges.

Brown’s Criterion is an application of a result in Mathematics which takes advantage of the fact that numbers can be uniquely written in base 2.

Discover where the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio, important mathematical concepts, are found in nature through this hands-on investigation.