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Comparing Solubility

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Recognise that stirring does not affect the solubility of a substance.

• Recognise that increasing the volume of solvent does not increase the solubility of a substance...

This important addition to the series Oxford Studies in Comparative Education is devoted to analysis of the issues surrounding major cross-national studies of educational attainment, especially in mathematics. It is concerned with many of the implications of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (...

Comparing strategies for proportion problems

This lesson develops the concept of direct proportion and its application to problems. The works addresses the following problems that students might have:

• Use of inappropriate additive strategies in scaling problems.
• Inefficient strategies such as not using a single multiplier for solving...

Comparing super villains: using spreadsheets to make comparisons

Tables that make comparisons are everywhere: from university league tables to price comparison websites, and in this activity students use spreadsheets to compare super villains. There are three parts to this activity (A) students use a comparison table to sort data and make charts about super villains; (B) they...

Comparing the carbon footprint of transportation

This maths-based challenge explores sustainable travel, developing student understanding of the effects that some modes of transport have on the environment and ways of reducing it.

Students are asked to compare alternative methods of transport by calculating journey times and their carbon footprints.  The...

Comparing thermometers or blood pressure monitors

In this activity, students plan an investigation to compare two clinical thermometers or two blood pressure devises.   They will need to investigate:

• the key features needed by a clinical thermometer or blood pressure monitor. The generic features required by physiological measuring devices are...

Comparing value for money: baseball jerseys

This is a problem solving lesson, designed to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Interpret a situation and represent the variables mathematically
• Interpret and evaluate the data generated and identify the break-even point

The problem is set in the context of the cost...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Books in this fun series use cute or high-interest animals to teach key maths concepts while retaining reluctant mathematicians' interest. Illustrated with cut-out photos on striking, colourful backgrounds, this book...