Graphing stories
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;
Topics: General science, Mathematics, Physics
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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;
Ideas for how to use the COVID-19 pandemic to bring curriculum STEM concepts into focus.
Theoretical physicist Maria Ubiali reflects on her role as a particle phenomenologist working at the interface between theory and experiment.
You’ll need to put your money on the table for this batch of tricks, then use your scientific knowledge to make ‘cents’ of what happens!
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How do astronomers measure distances to the stars? Using a digital camera to record parallax shift is an accurate and authentic method that can be used in a classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Entertain your audiences with these tricky feats, which showcase Newton’s laws of motion in action.
What would it be like if numbers and musical tones had colours? People with synaesthesia experience the world in this way – and scientists are trying to find out why.
Graphing stories
Topics: General science, Mathematics, Physics
Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Topics: Health, Science and society, Mathematics
Exponential growth 2: real-life lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Topics: Health, Science and society, Mathematics
Exploring STEM concepts through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic
Phenomenal physics
Fantastic feats: magic with money
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Topics: Biology, Health, Mathematics
Finding the scale of space
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
Fantastic feats
Blended senses: understanding synaesthesia