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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;
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;
How far away are the stars? Explore in your classroom how astronomers measure distances in space.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Using effervescent heartburn tablets, model the action of volcanoes to measure the intensity of the explosions and create your own measurement scale.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Get your students to use their smartphones for some hands-on astronomy.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Explore simple harmonic motion with real astronomical images.
Ages: 16-19;
Measure the distance from Earth to the Moon using high-school geometry and an international network of schools and observatories.
Ages: 14-16;
Exploring coloured chemistry using smartphones
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;
Programmes don’t need a computer – turn your students into coders and robots with just pens, paper and a stack of cups.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 40
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Topics: Biology, Health, Mathematics
| Issue 40
Finding the scale of space
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 39
Parallax: reaching the stars with geometry
Topics: Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 37
Measuring the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption
Topics: Earth science, Mathematics, General science
| Issue 36
Smart measurements of the heavens
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Sunspots on a rotating Sun
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Geometry can take you to the Moon
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Mathematics
| Issue 33
Smartphones in the lab: how deep is your blue?
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
| Issue 32
Ebola in numbers: using mathematics to tackle epidemics
Topics: Mathematics, Biology, Health
| Issue 31
Coding without computers
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics
