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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;
Earth science is all around us.
Ages: not applicable;
The diverse bacteria in and around us can influence our health in a multitude of ways
Ages: not applicable;
How science is trying to keep up with the cheats
Ages: not applicable;
Raising awareness of the rise in diabetes
Ages: not applicable;
A citizen science project travelled over 7000 km to explore the microbial population in students’ mouths.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Wouldn’t it be great to live without fear? Or would it? Research is showing just how important fear can be.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Discovering how infectious diseases spread may seem purely a matter for medical science – but taking a close look at the numbers can also tell us a great deal.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
In the African forest, Fabian Leendertz and his team look for new infectious agents that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Could one of them cause the next pandemic?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Did you realise that fireworks cause measurable air pollution? Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from Bristol University, UK, explain how to investigate atmospheric pollutants in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 40
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Topics: Biology, Health, Mathematics
| Issue 37
What on Earth?
Topics: Inspire, Resources
| Issue 36
Microbes as a medicine
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 36
Doping in the modern age
Topics: Science and society
| issue 35
World Health Day 2016: Beat diabetes
Topics: Resources
| Issue 34
A safari in your mouth’s microbial jungle
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 33
An almost fearless brain
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
| Issue 32
Ebola in numbers: using mathematics to tackle epidemics
Topics: Mathematics, Biology, Health
| Issue 27
Evolving threats: investigating new zoonotic infections
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Smoke is in the air: how fireworks affect air quality
Topics: Chemistry
