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Advanced Scientific Mathematics
This is the section of stemNRICH devoted to the advanced applied
mathematics underlying the study of the sciences at higher levels
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Public Key Cryptography
An introduction to coding and decoding messages and the maths behind how to secretly share information.
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Alternative Record Book
14 to 18
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In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
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Ideal Gases
16 to 18
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Problems which make you think about the kinetic ideas underlying
the ideal gas laws.
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Close to Triangular
14 to 16
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Drawing a triangle is not always as easy as you might think!
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Speedo
16 to 18
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Investigate the relationship between speeds recorded and the distance travelled in this kinematic scenario.
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Striking Gold
16 to 18
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Investigate some of the issues raised by Geiger and Marsden's famous scattering experiment in which they fired alpha particles at a sheet of gold.
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Cubies
7 to 11
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The scientists need your help to work out how many Cubies live on a small island! Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
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Curvy Areas
14 to 16
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Have a go at creating these images based on circles. What do you notice about the areas of the different sections?
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About Average
11 to 14
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Can you find sets of numbers which satisfy each of our mean, median, mode and range conditions?