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Use the computer to model an epidemic. Try out public health policies to control the spread of the epidemic, to minimise the number of sick days and deaths.
Which exact dilution ratios can you make using only 2 dilutions?
Can you fill in the mixed up numbers in this dilution calculation?
Can you break down this conversion process into logical steps?
It is possible to identify a particular card out of a pack of 15 with the use of some mathematical reasoning. What is this reasoning and can it be applied to other numbers of cards?
Which dilutions can you make using 10ml pipettes and 100ml measuring cylinders?
Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
Which dilutions can you make using only 10ml pipettes?
Use this animation to experiment with lotteries. Choose how many balls to match, how many are in the carousel, and how many draws to make at once.
A ladder 3m long rests against a wall with one end a short distance from its base. Between the wall and the base of a ladder is a garden storage box 1m tall and 1m high. What is the maximum. . . .
A simple spinner that is equally likely to land on Red or Black. Useful if tossing a coin, dropping it, and rummaging about on the floor have lost their appeal. Needs a modern browser; if IE then at. . . .
Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
Match pairs of cards so that they have equivalent ratios.
This resource contains a range of problems and interactivities on the theme of coordinates in two and three dimensions.
Practise your skills of proportional reasoning with this interactive haemocytometer.
Practice your skills of measurement and estimation using this interactive measurement tool based around fascinating images from biology.
This set of resources for teachers offers interactive environments to support work on loci at Key Stage 4.
Interactive game. Set your own level of challenge, practise your table skills and beat your previous best score.
Can you set the logic gates so that the number of bulbs which are on is the same as the number of switches which are on?
Meg and Mo need to hang their marbles so that they balance. Use the interactivity to experiment and find out what they need to do.
Explore displacement/time and velocity/time graphs with this mouse motion sensor.
Meg and Mo still need to hang their marbles so that they balance, but this time the constraints are different. Use the interactivity to experiment and find out what they need to do.
Investigate how logic gates work in circuits.
A right-angled isosceles triangle is rotated about the centre point of a square. What can you say about the area of the part of the square covered by the triangle as it rotates?
There are 27 small cubes in a 3 x 3 x 3 cube, 54 faces being visible at any one time. Is it possible to reorganise these cubes so that by dipping the large cube into a pot of paint three times you. . . .
Learn how to use the Shuffles interactivity by running through these tutorial demonstrations.
Can you make a right-angled triangle on this peg-board by joining up three points round the edge?
On the 3D grid a strange (and deadly) animal is lurking. Using the tracking system can you locate this creature as quickly as possible?
Can you give the coordinates of the vertices of the fifth point in the patterm on this 3D grid?
Is this a fair game? How many ways are there of creating a fair game by adding odd and even numbers?
Use Excel to explore multiplication of fractions.
This interactivity invites you to make conjectures and explore probabilities of outcomes related to two independent events.
This resource contains interactive problems to support work on number sequences at Key Stage 4.
An environment that enables you to investigate tessellations of regular polygons
Practise your diamond mining skills and your x,y coordination in this homage to Pacman.
The interactive diagram has two labelled points, A and B. It is designed to be used with the problem "Cushion Ball"
This is an interactive net of a Rubik's cube. Twists of the 3D cube become mixes of the squares on the 2D net. Have a play and see how many scrambles you can undo!
A java applet that takes you through the steps needed to solve a Diophantine equation of the form Px+Qy=1 using Euclid's algorithm.
The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of moves.
An Excel spreadsheet with an investigation.
This game challenges you to locate hidden triangles in The White Box by firing rays and observing where the rays exit the Box.
Use an interactive Excel spreadsheet to investigate factors and multiples.
A game for 1 person to play on screen. Practise your number bonds whilst improving your memory
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
How many different triangles can you make which consist of the centre point and two of the points on the edge? Can you work out each of their angles?
Use an Excel to investigate division. Explore the relationships between the process elements using an interactive spreadsheet.
Place a red counter in the top left corner of a 4x4 array, which is covered by 14 other smaller counters, leaving a gap in the bottom right hand corner (HOME). What is the smallest number of moves. . . .
P is a point on the circumference of a circle radius r which rolls, without slipping, inside a circle of radius 2r. What is the locus of P?
Mo has left, but Meg is still experimenting. Use the interactivity to help you find out how she can alter her pouch of marbles and still keep the two pouches balanced.
Use an Excel spreadsheet to explore long multiplication.