Knit a rock salt (sodium chloride) unit cell –  inspired by Alexander Crum Brown using this worksheet from the School of Chemistry and the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow.

Transforming Mathematics & Chemistry into Knitted Art

Continue to create mathematical knitting patterns with this activity: 

Mathematical constants made into coasters! Choose whether to create a Pi coaster or a Tau coaster using this worksheet from the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow. 

Knitting Pi & Tau Coasters

First published: 1 June 2023

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Cartoon mathematician with equations and numbers.

School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow

School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow