This collection of STEM resources is based around the topic estimation. Resources are listed in order of stage.
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Big and small numbers in the living world
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in biological contexts.
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Favourite
Place your orders
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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Big and small numbers in physics
Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.
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Approximately certain
Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
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Big and small numbers in The Physical World
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in physical contexts.
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Robot Camera
Could nanotechnology be used to see if an artery is blocked? Or is this just science fiction?
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Big and small numbers in biology
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.