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This unit from the Continuing Mathematics Project goes into detail on how logarithms can be used to determine the laws which connect two variables on which experimental data has been collected. The unit follows naturally from the unit entitled The Theory of Logarithms.
The objectives of the unit are that...
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Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Using Materials covers the following topics: properties and uses of materials,...
Using maths to support designing
These activities support students to use maths skills when designing new products. The first activity uses a tangram to help students create new product shapes, the second uses the SCAMPER strategy to help students alter the shape of their design idea using reflection, tessalation, scale and proportion.
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Step into the shoes of a skyscraper engineer and use your maths skills to build one of these amazing sky-scraping structures. Use numbers, plans, shapes and measures. Calculate lengths, heights, areas, times and...
Spend an exciting day as a firefighter and find out how firefighters use maths every day. The reader is asked to collect data and information from the spreads then use all their maths skills to answer the questions...
Step into the shoes of an astronaut and the mission control team to make a journey to the International Space Station to solve a tricky problem that will help humans visit the planet Mars. Use your maths skills to...
Be a deep sea diver and use your maths skills to study a host of amazing underwater creatures. The reader is asked to collect data and information from the spreads then use all their maths skills to answer the...
The 'Using Maths' series specifically covers maths and numeracy taught at ages 8 to 12 years, but also offers a fun challenge for younger maths enthusiasts, and an enjoyable and positive way for older children to...
The 'Using Maths' series specifically covers maths and numeracy taught at ages 8 to 12 years, but also offers a fun challenge for younger maths enthusiasts, and an enjoyable and positive way for older children to...