Resources
Zero days - Viruses, Bacteria, Funghi and Protists and how they spread
This resource uses the context of sports people staying healthy for as many days as possible, to look at various pathogens, how they can spread, and how their spread can be reduced. The concept of 'zero days' is used to explain why it is important that professional sports people do not become ill, so they can...
Zero to Infinity
This is a Teachers’ TV programme from the series Painting with Numbers. In this episode Professor Marcus du Sautoy explains how humans have developed numbers for their mathematical needs. We learn that humans first began counting with whole numbers only, but then needed to invent others as their mathematical...
Pupils need to have great familiaraty with the numbers from 0-100. This book uses the hundred square to develop this facility. Highly original games, projects, investigations and puzzles tumble from the pages to make number work enjoyable for all pupils.
Zero follows the number zero from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe and its apotheosis as the mystery of a black...
Zeroes of a Recurrence Relation
Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics.
The Fibonacci sequence is an example of a linear recurrence relation (LRS). A matrix is used to calculate future terms, as well as running the sequence backwards to see how many zeroes appear. Algebra is used to prove the...
Zinc and Zirconium, their uses and their chemistry, can be used to illustrate many aspects of chemistry taught in schools today. Published as the result of workshops held at Brittania Zinc, Avonmouth, UK and MEL Chemicals, Bolton, UK, this book contains teachers' notes and photocopiable worksheets for students. It...
A molecular model of Zinc blende with 45 atoms
Zinc Christmas Tree
In this demonstration of a displacement reaction, a piece of foil in the shape of a Christmas tree is placed in lead nitrate solution. Within a few minutes the tree becomes covered with sparkling crystals of lead.
Zip Line
This resource challenges children to design and build something to carry a ping-pong ball from the top of a zip line to the bottom in four seconds (or less!). Useful in either class or as an after school club activity, it...