We all know that smoking poses a long term health risk and has the potential to cause cancer. But what actually happens when you light up a cigarette, place it to your mouth, take a tidal breath. . . .
There has been a murder on the Stevenson estate. Use your analytical chemistry skills to assess the crime scene and identify the cause of death...
Read about the mathematics behind the measuring devices used in quantitative chemistry
Unearth the beautiful mathematics of symmetry whilst investigating the properties of crystal lattices
Fancy learning a bit more about rates of reaction, but don't know where to look? Come inside and find out more...
Ever wondered what it would be like to vaporise a diamond? Find out inside...
Looking at small values of functions. Motivating the existence of the Taylor expansion.
How fast would you have to throw a ball upwards so that it would never land?
Explore the power of aeroplanes, spaceships and horses.
Get further into power series using the fascinating Bessel's equation.
Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.
See how enormously large quantities can cancel out to give a good approximation to the factorial function.
Have you got the Mach knack? Discover the mathematics behind exceeding the sound barrier.
By exploring the concept of scale invariance, find the probability that a random piece of real data begins with a 1.
An introduction to a useful tool to check the validity of an equation.
Dip your toe into the fascinating topic of genetics. From Mendel's theories to some cutting edge experimental techniques, this article gives an insight into some of the processes underlying. . . .
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in physical contexts.
Look at the advanced way of viewing sin and cos through their power series.
Given the equation for the path followed by the back wheel of a bike, can you solve to find the equation followed by the front wheel?
Investigate x to the power n plus 1 over x to the power n when x plus 1 over x equals 1.
Get some practice using big and small numbers in chemistry.
Which parts of these framework bridges are in tension and which parts are in compression?
Can you find some Pythagorean Triples where the two smaller numbers differ by 1?
What's the chance of a pair of lists of numbers having sample correlation exactly equal to zero?
Explore the properties of this different sort of differential equation.
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in biological contexts.
Build up the concept of the Taylor series
Explore the properties of combinations of trig functions in this open investigation.
An article demonstrating mathematically how various physical modelling assumptions affect the solution to the seemingly simple problem of the projectile.
In a snooker game the brown ball was on the lip of the pocket but it could not be hit directly as the black ball was in the way. How could it be potted by playing the white ball off a cushion?
All types of mathematical problems serve a useful purpose in mathematics teaching, but different types of problem will achieve different learning objectives. In generalmore open-ended problems have. . . .
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
Could nanotechnology be used to see if an artery is blocked? Or is this just science fiction?
This article (the first of two) contains ideas for investigations. Space-time, the curvature of space and topology are introduced with some fascinating problems to explore.
Investigate constructible images which contain rational areas.
Two perpendicular lines lie across each other and the end points are joined to form a quadrilateral. Eight ratios are defined, three are given but five need to be found.
Use trigonometry to determine whether solar eclipses on earth can be perfect.
What functions can you make using the function machines RECIPROCAL and PRODUCT and the operator machines DIFF and INT?
Formulate and investigate a simple mathematical model for the design of a table mat.
A spiropath is a sequence of connected line segments end to end taking different directions. The same spiropath is iterated. When does it cycle and when does it go on indefinitely?
Is it really greener to go on the bus, or to buy local?
Draw three equal line segments in a unit circle to divide the circle into four parts of equal area.
Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?