All Maths skills articles – Page 6
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Opinion
The 7 skills of a good A-level chemist
Kristy Turner looks at how to help students improve their core chemistry skills
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News
Study calls for universities to require A-level maths for chemistry
Benefits for chemistry undergraduates who study maths
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The language of mathematics in science - guides from the ASE
These teacher guides from the Association for Science Education are designed to help you understand important terms and techniques related to the use of mathematics in the science curriculum for pupils aged 11–16, and then give you the confidence to apply those practices and principles in the classroom.
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Maths for Science - ebook
This self-study e-book looks at a range of mathematical topics that are important for science students to understand. A variety of topics are covered, including measurements in science, using graphs, logarithms and differentiation.
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Maths for Chemists booklet
This booklet includes the key mathematical content most chemistry students encounter during the early stages of their first year of undergraduate study. It should be used in addition to, and to complement, traditional textbooks, any lecture or tutorial teaching, and lecture and tutor notes. It contains numerous examples demonstrating how ...
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The interactive lab primer - abbreviations, constants and glossary
This resource from the interactive lab primer highlights the vocabulary and standards most commonly used in university and research chemistry laboratories.
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The scale of the Universe 2
An interactive tool to explore the size and scale of the universe and learn about everything in between. Created by Cary and Michael Huang.
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Ideas
Calculations: how to help your students
What's in a number? Jonathan Agger and Kristy Turner show you how to clear up confusion with units
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Future Cities project
Set your learners a problem-based case study with a sustainable development project
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PPLATO Maths & Physics resources portal
This resource links to the PPLATO Maths & Physics resources portal. The resources on this portal look at a number of different mathematical topics, including maths topics that correspond to different areas of science.
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Curve sketching - Advanced maths
Sketching the curve of a rational function, f(t)= t^2/(t+3), is discussed in this screen capture video. Video: Curve sketching
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Introductory maths for HE: logarithms
Learn about the fundamental concepts of logarithms. The video studies the graph of the logarithm function and include some worked examples.