Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Exponential growth has become part of daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. These simple exercises help explain this tricky concept
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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
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.
Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
Do you find the binary system complicated? With this activity, your students will find it as easy as 01,10,11.
How do scientists piece together genomic information from sequencing data? Play these two fun online puzzles to find out.
Your mission: to land an intrepid egg-naut safely on the surface of the Moon and learn about classical mechanics along the way.
Would your students prefer to grow edible crops or wrangle with statistics? Here’s a way to combine these activities in a real-world application of statistical analysis.
Challenge your students to save the Earth from an asteroid collision, using calculations based on the Hollywood sci-fi fantasy film Armageddon.
Using a simple calculation, measure the distance between Earth and the Moon with the help of a local amateur radio station.
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Exponential growth 2: real-life lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Maths with fruit
Teaching binary code with a secret word challenge
Microbial genome puzzles
Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander
Grow your own statistical data
Saving the Earth Hollywood-style
To the Moon and back: reflecting a radio signal to calculate the distance
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases