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There are 20 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Physics, you may find related items under Cross-curricular contexts.
Broad Topics > Cross-curricular contexts > PhysicsMake your own pinhole camera for safe observation of the sun, and find out how it works.
Explore the relationship between resistance and temperature
Get some practice using big and small numbers in chemistry.
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in physical contexts.
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Make an accurate diagram of the solar system and explore the concept of a grand conjunction.
Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from?
Some explanations of basic terms and some phenomena discovered by ancient astronomers
Use trigonometry to determine whether solar eclipses on earth can be perfect.
An introduction to a useful tool to check the validity of an equation.
Many physical constants are only known to a certain accuracy. Explore the numerical error bounds in the mass of water and its constituents.
Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.
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When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?
Find out about Emmy Noether, whose ideas linked physics and algebra, and whom Einstein described as a 'creative mathematical genius'.