Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Mathematics and Literacy

The resources in this bundle feature integrated mathematics and literacy activities inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

The literacy tasks include thought-provoking questions that explore the novel’s rich symbolism. The mathematical activities are linked to Alice’s surreal journey. The topics covered enrich any curriculum and are easily adapted for students of all abilities in the 11+ age range and include:

the Möbius strip
the logistic map
3D fractals
the Pappus Chain
the Game of Life
strange attractors
the doubling of the cube
Markov chains
Islamic tiling
exponential growth
randomness
cellular automata
surreal numbers
knot theory
non-transitive dice
Sierpinski’s triangle
square packing
Girih tilings
infinity
frieze patterns
anamorphosis
origamics
Farey sequences
the 4th dimension

The files are provided in both pdf and an editable PowerPoint.

In addition to the above there are answers, additional notes and worksheets as well as ideas for extension work.

“Any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.”

Bruner, J. (1960) The Process of Education, Harvard University Press