Maths and science

Maths and science http://motivate.maths.org/content/taxonomy/term/636/all en Safe routes in the mountains http://motivate.maths.org/content/Avalanche-saferoute <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-link-from"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Linked From: </div> <a href="/content/Avalanche13-15">Avalanche!</a> </div> </div> </div> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p> <span class="smalltext">Back to : <a href="../conference.php?conf_id=139">Avalanche! Main Page</a></span> <a id="content" name="content"></a></p> <h1><a id="top" name="top"></a>Avalanche!</h1> <h2>Choosing a safe route</h2> <p>Can you find a safe route in the Swiss Alps? Do some research to find out what you should take into account.  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://motivate.maths.org/content/Avalanche-saferoute" target="_blank">read more</a></p> 13-15 years old Maths and science 3-d geometry, shape and space Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:51:48 +0000 motivateadmin 1388 at http://motivate.maths.org/content Avalanche! http://motivate.maths.org/content/Avalanche13-15 <p><strong>Jim McElwaine</strong>, University of Cambridge </p> <p>More than a million avalanches happen throughout the world every year. Most fall harmlessly, but the largest can destroy whole towns and kill thousands of people. These projects help us try to understand snow avalanches, using simple experiments to model what happens. These projects were originally developed for a schools' video-conference led by Dr Jim McElwaine, and give students an opportunity to develop and test scientific and mathematical models by making predictions and testing them experimentally.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-pwork"><legend>Project Work</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-plink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://motivate.maths.org/content/AvalancheExperiments">Avalanche Experiments</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/Avalanche-saferoute">Avalanches - safe route</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://motivate.maths.org/content/Avalanche13-15" target="_blank">read more</a></p> 13-15 years old Maths and science Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:51:48 +0000 motivateadmin 1389 at http://motivate.maths.org/content Are we alone? http://motivate.maths.org/content/are-we-alone <p><strong>Carolin Crawford</strong>, University of Cambridge <br /><img src="http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf58/Images/conf_logo.jpg" alt="conference logo" hspace="7" vspace="7" align="right" /></p> <p>These resources were originally presented in connection with videoconferences in 2005.  They are now freely available to schools.</p> <p><img src="http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf58/Images/aliens.jpg" alt="two aliens" hspace="7" vspace="7" align="left" /></p> <p><em>(Original drawing by Danielle Stretch, University of Cambridge)</em></p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-pwork"><legend>Project Work</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-plink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/design-your-own-planet-1">What will your planet be like? Where will it be? Who will live there? </a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/space-missions">Find out about recent space missions, or plan your own</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/escape-space">Overcoming the gravitational pull of a planet</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/how-many-civilisations-could-there-be">Estimate how many intelligent, communicating civilisations there might be in the Milky Way</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/life-other-planets-0">What do you think it would be like to live somewhere else in the solar system?</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/what-are-planets-3">What would you find if you travelled to another planet?</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-add-mat"><legend>Addition Material</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-alink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://motivate.maths.org/content/AreWeAlone/SolutionsHelpEscapeVelocity">Answers to the questions in "Overcoming the gravitational pull of a planet "</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-tlink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/solar-system-0">An introduction to Carolin Crawford's talk in the first videoconference and a survey of the solar system.</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/life-earth">What conditions have created life as we know it on Earth?</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/there-likely-be-life-other-rocky-planets">How do the inner planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, match up to the conditions which we know have produced life on Earth?</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/gas-giants">Could there be life in the outer solar system?</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://motivate.maths.org/content/are-we-alone" target="_blank">read more</a></p> 9-11 years old Maths and science Science Astronomy Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:51:16 +0000 motivateadmin 1038 at http://motivate.maths.org/content