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Sketch graphs from ‘story’ videos of everyday events to help students understand the basic features of graphs and how to interpret them.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Exponential growth has become part of daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. These simple exercises help explain this tricky concept
Ages: 11-14;
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on exponential growth. This provides an opportunity to teach this tricky concept in a real-world context.
Ages: 14-16;
Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Do you find the binary system complicated? With this activity, your students will find it as easy as 01,10,11.
Ages: 11-14;
How do scientists piece together genomic information from sequencing data? Play these two fun online puzzles to find out.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Your mission: to land an intrepid egg-naut safely on the surface of the Moon and learn about classical mechanics along the way.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Would your students prefer to grow edible crops or wrangle with statistics? Here’s a way to combine these activities in a real-world application of statistical analysis.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Challenge your students to save the Earth from an asteroid collision, using calculations based on the Hollywood sci-fi fantasy film Armageddon.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Using a simple calculation, measure the distance between Earth and the Moon with the help of a local amateur radio station.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 58
Graphing stories
Topics: General science, Mathematics, Physics
| Issue 53
Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Topics: Health, Science and society, Mathematics
| Issue 53
Exponential growth 2: real-life lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Topics: Health, Science and society, Mathematics
| Issue 52
Maths with fruit
Topics: Mathematics, Teach, General science
| Issue 52
Teaching binary code with a secret word challenge
Topics: Engineering, Science and society, Mathematics
| Issue 51
Microbial genome puzzles
Topics: Biology, Mathematics, Teach
| Issue 51
Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Teach, Astronomy / space
| Issue 50
Grow your own statistical data
Topics: Biology, Mathematics
| Issue 43
Saving the Earth Hollywood-style
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 41
To the Moon and back: reflecting a radio signal to calculate the distance
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
