Ecomaths
- 2017 – 2018
- Ended
- Documentary · Kids
- 1 season
A new way of showing how maths is used in the real world to help create a sustainable future. Stefan Gates meets people using maths to find innovative solutions to the ecological challenges of our age.
Latest: Season 1 · 2017
View all seasonsE1. Local Food
May 1, 2017 · 12m
Stefan visits an organic farm in Devon to uncover how ordering events, patterns and measuring can help work out what's good for the environment.
E2. Recycling
May 7, 2018 · 10m
Stefan visits a vast recycling plant to explore how 2-D and 3-D shapes are used to sort and reuse rubbish, and visits a school that uses recycled objects in many different ways.
E3. Saving Energy
Nov 1, 2016 · 10m
Stefan vists a brand new hospital in London where he learns about measuring and controlling temperature and visits a school that uses data collection to run an energy saving campaign.
E4. Rainwater Harvesting
Nov 7, 2016 · 10m
Stefan visit a huge hi-tech greenhouse in Kent to learn how much rain can be collected from a roof using ideas of conservation of volume and calculating area.
E5. Reducing Car Use
Nov 27, 2017 · 10m
Stefan explores alternatives to car use by pedaling a rickshaw across Bristol and constructs simple equations to calculate the carbon cost of a new cycle way.
E6. Reducing Food Waste
Nov 27, 2017 · 10m
In this episode targeted at the Primary maths curriculum Stefan visits a unique grocery in Manchester and learns how to reduce food waste by turning facts and figures into fractions and percentages.
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