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Handling data. Collecting data. Selecting and using information. Comparing data. Interpreting data. Processing and representing data. STEM - living world. STEM - physical world. Frequency tables and Bar Charts. STEM clubs.There are 11 results
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Reaction Timer
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Avalanche!
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Investigate how avalanches occur and how they can be controlled
Helicopters
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Design and test a paper helicopter. What is the best design?
Observing the Sun and the Moon
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
Does This Sound about Right?
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Examine these estimates. Do they sound about right?
Temperature
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?
Pinhole Camera
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Make your own pinhole camera for safe observation of the sun, and find out how it works.
Troublesome Triangles
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Many natural systems appear to be in equilibrium until suddenly a critical point is reached, setting up a mudslide or an avalanche or an earthquake. In this project, students will use a simple. . . .
Playground Snapshot
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
The image in this problem is part of a piece of equipment found in the playground of a school. How would you describe it to someone over the phone?
Stemnrich - the Physical World
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
PhysNRICH is the area of the StemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of physics
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.