This collection of STEM resources is based around the topics of distance, speed and time. Resources are listed in order of stage.
problem
Favourite
Place your orders
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?
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More or less?
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Are these estimates of physical quantities accurate?
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Approximately certain
Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
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Carbon footprints
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Is it really greener to go on the bus, or to buy local?
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How do you react?
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling...
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Big and small numbers in the physical world
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in physical contexts.
problem
Favourite
Speed-time problems at the Olympics
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to race against Usain Bolt?
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Alternative record book
Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
problem
Favourite
What's that graph?
Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?