Resources
How much is a teaspoon?
The video and worksheet set out a measurement challenge for students that can be carried out either at home or in school. They must use a measuring jug and teaspoon to calculate the number of spoons of water required to fill a volume of 200 ml. They are encouraged to take multiple readings and submit them to the...
How much paper comes from a tree
In this activity children practise using scales to weigh different items of packaging. They then calculate how many of each item could be made from an average tree.
The resource, which provides an authentic context for maths learning has been proved by the IET, (Institution of Engineering and Technology)....
How much water do we waste?
This activity, created for use by teachers and/or Environment Agency STEM Ambassadors with the help of a teacher, has been designed to make pupils realise how much water they are wasting. Pupils will carry out an investigation where they...
How much will it cost?
In this resource students are asked to measure dimensions from scale drawings and find the areas of rectangles and triangles. They then calculate the amount of paint needed to paint a house and its cost.
The resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.
Where was the first wheel used? Who came up with the light bulb? Using fold out pages, this book illustrates key inventions that have changed the world and explains how these have changed our lives.
In How Not to be Wrong , Ellenberg explores the mathematician's method of analysing life, from the everyday to the cosmic, showing us which numbers to defend, which ones to ignore, and when to change...
How Nuclear Fusion Works
This film, from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, explains the process of nuclear fusion. Culham Centre for Fusion Energy is one of the world's leading fusion research laboratories, where scientists and engineers are working with partners around the globe to develop fusion as a new source of clean energy for...
How often will a heatwave hit the UK?
This lesson, linked to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, aims to answer the question 'How often will a heatwave hit the UK?'
Students examine datasets to explore the frequency with which hot events occur and are required to interpret and draw box and whisker plots. Students are...
How old are they?
This resource consists of four short tasks.
Students begin by writing expressions about the individual ages of three people using information from the task. Additional information is then given about the total age of the three people and the task is to find out how old each person is. A final task involves...
How old is the Earth
This video shows people’s misconceptions regarding the age of the Earth. It shows how imagining the difference between a million and billion is very difficult for people to do.
The video uses an arm span to model the age of the Earth and shows how recent in the Earth’s history the evolution of more complex...