There are 33 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to STEM - living world, you may find related items under Cross-curricular contexts.
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This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to race against Usain Bolt?
Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
Create a symmetrical fabric design based on a flower motif - and realise it in Logo.
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Can you spot circles, spirals and other types of curves in these photos?
Could nanotechnology be used to see if an artery is blocked? Or is this just science fiction?
Analyse these beautiful biological images and attempt to rank them in size order.
Examine these estimates. Do they sound about right?
Maths is everywhere in the world! Take a look at these images. What mathematics can you see?
This problem explores the biology behind Rudolph's glowing red nose, and introduces the real life phenomena of bacterial quorum sensing.
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
How would you go about estimating populations of dolphins?
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calculate various quantities in biological contexts.
What is the chance this pea plant will look like its parents?
To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling...
Estimate these curious quantities sufficiently accurately that you can rank them in order of size
Can you work out the parentage of the ancient hero Gilgamesh?
Which dilutions can you make using only 10ml pipettes?
Which units would you choose best to fit these situations?
How many generations would link an evolutionist to a very distant ancestor?
What biological growth processes can you fit to these graphs?
When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?
Work with numbers big and small to estimate and calulate various quantities in biological contexts.
bioNRICH is the area of the stemNRICH site devoted to the mathematics underlying the study of the biological sciences, designed to help develop the mathematics required to get the most from your study of biology at A-level and university.