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| Issue 63

Dance, tangles, and topology!

Everybody dance now: students hold ropes and dance to form a topological tangle. Using fraction arithmetic, the knot will finally be untied!

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Mathematics, STEAM

| Issue 58

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
   

| Issue 49

Phenomenal physics

Theoretical physicist Maria Ubiali reflects on her role as a particle phenomenologist working at the interface between theory and experiment.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Profiles
 

| Issue 47

Fantastic feats: magic with money

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!

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Engineering
 

| Issue 40

Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases

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;
Topics: Biology, Health, Mathematics
         

| Issue 40

Finding the scale of space

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;
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
     

| Issue 39

Fantastic feats

Entertain your audiences with these tricky feats, which showcase Newton’s laws of motion in action.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics