What are some fun/interesting Maths/Science concepts for a ks4 ready 4yo?

[RoboJesus]

We got some UKMT material that DC has been interested in recently. DC's also been reading up on string theory as of late. Just wondering what I could present next to see if DC would bite

we cover it in year 7, but find most children have covered it at primary school

You teach red shift and Doppler effect to year 7? You teach Year 7 about nuclear fusion? Really? Besides there is no set curriculum for KS3 anymore.

it really hasn't been removed from the GCSE spec, its in the foundation combined

I guess this depends on the exam board. It's certainly not the case for AQA which is probably the most widely used.

we are moving it into year 7 this year, yes, it was in year 8, but we are out of step with other schools in our MAT, so have to move it down

Surely this is a wind up?

The OP has form for coming on asking for activities for her super gifted 4 year old, who is apparently capable of reading all the A level English texts

If your child is as advanced as you claim, you shouldn’t be asking randoms on the internet for things to do. If your child isn’t that advanced, then they have bigger problems than science extension activities.

Surely, at 4, if the child was capable of understanding material at that level, you would just allow the DC to follow his/her interests. I don't understand why the parent would need to structure the learning at all.

If the child is self motivated, he will identify his own interests and pursue them. If he is not doing this, perhaps you're pushing too hard?

I do love the op’s threads, gives me chuckles .

So just to recap
Op- ‘My preschooler is amazing, give me ideas on what else he can do!’
Mumsnet- ‘ideas’
Op- ‘oh no preschooler is far too advanced for any of that.

Surely he’ll be doing a levels soon which will make school pointless so what are your his future plans?

Polynomial equations/Galois theory
Descartes rule of signs
Group theory
Proof for triangular numbers (Gauss)

Gauss was a genius and discovered so much mathematics that they ceased to name things after him after a while.

Galois was also very talented, but sadly dies at 20- who knows what else he'd have produced!

ROFLMAO at idea that a 4 year old can prove the cosine and sine rules.

Seriously OP - just carry on doing what you're doing. You clearly have a bright kid and are enjoying teaching him.

Do something entirely different - teach them to knit.

RoboJesus, you start threads like this over and over, never get the answers you want and get wound up by most of the posters. I’m no expert but this clearly isn’t the right place for you to be posting as no one else on here has admitted to having a child as profoundly gifted as yours so no one can share their experiences.

I’m sure there are Facebook and online groups for parents of gifted children where you’ll fit right in and not be the only parent in the village with a profoundly gifted child.

I'd ave thought leave them to it and let them do some independent thinking. Although I'm still not convinced this thread was supposed to be taken seriously.

Just to go back on when red shift is taught. If it is taught in year 7, when is the Bohr model of the atom taught?
I once saw a programme where one student was explaining to another that the red shift was how stars look redder if they are moving away. Without the understanding of wavelength and frequency, I would be concerned that in year 7, such young students would get it wrong.`

Map projections. The math of how they work is very interesting, quite complicatd, & you get terrific trade-offs (size, shape, distance, direction). Can't get > 3 accurate in any one projection. There are lousy videos on youtube but can get some equipment to work it out for yourself.

Could duplicate math proofs that the Greeks did, to figure out that the world is round, for instance. Lots of geometry.

Could build stuff, measure out precisely and put together.