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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;
Ideas for how to use the COVID-19 pandemic to bring curriculum STEM concepts into focus.
Ages: not applicable;
A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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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 53
Exploring STEM concepts through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic
Topics: Science and society
| Issue 52
How to understand a COVID-19 test result
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
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Clinical trials count on more than statistics
Topics: General science
