I enjoyed learning about the change ringing practices and how it relates to combinatorics. It's a very practical problem that we could give to students and ask them to figure out how a team of people ringing bells could simply move through the various combinations. The answer of course is the end switch, middle switch algorithm which enables easy navigation of combinations. I think this would make an excellent activity to explore combinatorics but also learn about mathematics in everyday life and how intertwined mathematics is in seemingly simple activities like ringing bells. Furthermore, this could be a great way to introduce braiding and weaving patterns in general which you could connect to Indigenous education which I think essentially is our job as educators, to facilitate students making connects and expanding their intellectual horizons.
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