Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in biological contexts.
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Maths is everywhere in the world! Take a look at these images. What mathematics can you see?
How do scientists or mathematicians estimate the size of a population of wild animals?
What is the chance this pea plant will look like its parents?
How would you go about estimating populations of dolphins?
I need a figure for the fish population in a lake. How does it help to catch and mark 40 fish?
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.
Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.
What biological growth processes can you fit to these graphs?
How many generations would link an evolutionist to a very distant ancestor?
Could nanotechnology be used to see if an artery is blocked? Or is this just science fiction?
The human genome is represented by a string of around 3 billion letters. To deal with such large numbers, genome sequencing relies on clever algorithms. This article investigates.
This article explores how researchers in disease dynamics are using mathematics to understand how the influenza virus replicates.