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Mirror Magic: Discovering Symmetry

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Spot the Mirror!

Spot the Mirror!

Look at a butterfly. Its left wing and right wing look exactly the same. If you folded the butterfly down the middle, both halves would match perfectly. Can you think of other things in real life that look the same on both sides? A door? Your own face? This idea of 'both halves matching' is called symmetry, and today you are going to explore it in maths.

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