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Packing Problems -1 - How many employees?
This optimisation problem is an ideal opportunity to use the real-world context of logistics as an application of first fit algorthims.
In this activity students have to allocate a number of different jobs to different employees within certain constraints. As part of the task students are introduced to first...
Part of the Design Classic Collection, the Pac-Man Ghost Lamp offers a spectrum of 16 colours and a host of settings, including Strobe, Flash, Dim and Smooth Fade.
Padlock challenges
The aim of each challenge is for students to complete each of the five tasks, recording their results on the answer sheet entitled “To open the padlock”. Students obtaining the correct ‘grand total’ have successfully completed the challenge.
The number padlock challenge contains five number challenges, one...
Padlock Challenges is a motivating, innovative and practical way to enable to students (key stage 3 and 4) to engage with geometry. It is a comprehensive set of...
Published by The Mathematical Association; Padlock Challenges is a motivating, innovative and practical way to enable students (Key stage 3 and 4) to engage with statistics and probability. It is a comprehensive set of worksheets from which teachers can construct their own pupil booklets or classroom posters...
Published by The Mathematical Association; Padlock Challenges is a motivating, innovative and practical way to enable students (Key stage 3 and 4) to engage with algebra and numbers. It is a comprehensive set of worksheets from which teachers can construct their own pupil booklets or classroom posters containing a...
Sometimes referred to as Tower of Hanoi (also called the Tower of Brahma). Starting with all the discs largest to smallest positioned on the centre peg, build a pagoda on an...
The authors have transformed fundamental scientific principles into an exciting adventure where they discover how plant and animal life interact within the Earth's ecosystem, how energy is converted into heat and...
Paintbrush gene
In two related Drosophila species, a so-called paintbrush gene is activated to "paint" the pigment on the body. In one species, an extra switch activates the gene, resulting in spotted wings.
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