An Ant Takes a Walk Through the Fourth Dimension

Title: An Ant Takes a Walk Through the Fourth Dimension

Type of Activity: Workshop

Grade Level: 9-12

Duration: 1-1.5 hours

Max Num Students: 30

Where: In your classroom or at Brock.

Given By: Dr. Bill Ralph, Dept. of Mathematics, Brock University

Contact Person: Pina McDonnell at pina.mcdonnell@brocku.ca

Details: A hands-on introduction to the subject of topology. Students will use lots of tape and paper to create paper models of different topological structures. Then we'll play games on surfaces that only exist in 4 dimensions.