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Biology Measurement Challenge

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.

Big and Small Numbers in Biology

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.

Does This Sound about Right?

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

Examine these estimates. Do they sound about right?

Big and Small Numbers in Chemistry

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Get some practice using big and small numbers in chemistry.

More or Less?

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Are these estimates of physical quantities accurate?

Approximately Certain

Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level

Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size

Big and Small Numbers in Physics

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Work out the numerical values for these physical quantities.

Back Fitter

Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level

10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?

A Question of Scale

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?

Counting Sweets

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level

How might you use mathematics to improve your chances of guessing the number of sweets in a jar?

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?

Olympic Measures

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?

Time to Evolve

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

How many generations would link an evolutionist to a very distant ancestor?

Where Am I?

Age 11 to 16
Challenge Level

From the information you are asked to work out where the picture was taken. Is there too much information? How accurate can your answer be?

A Jar of Teddies

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level

How many teddies are in the jar? How many teddies could you fit in your classroom?

The Fastest Cyclist

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

Andy is desperate to reach John o'Groats first. Can you devise a winning race plan?

Almost One

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

Choose some fractions and add them together. Can you get close to 1?

All in a Jumble

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

My measurements have got all jumbled up! Swap them around and see if you can find a combination where every measurement is valid.

Power Countdown

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

In this twist on the well-known Countdown numbers game, use your knowledge of Powers and Roots to make a target.

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?

Squaring the Circle

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level

Bluey-green, white and transparent squares with a few odd bits of shapes around the perimeter. But, how many squares are there of each type in the complete circle? Study the picture and make. . . .

Ladder and Cube

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level

A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?