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Mathematical insight is key to understanding the world around us and our impact on it. A good maths education is vital to begin solving some the problems our world faces.
Following the publication of the Department for Education’s Sustainability and climate change strategy in April 2022, schools are increasingly including climate and sustainability within their development plans and looking for ways to engage students with those issues. Through MEI’s work supporting schools, we’ve been able to create free, high-quality resources for teachers to use in the classroom that do just that.
If you want to help solve many of the big problems facing the world, including climate change, you can really help if you start with a good understanding of maths. The science and engineering needed cannot progress without it. I know this from my own experience of working on climate modelling for many years. Now, as Chair of MEI, I am pleased that MEI is helping to provide climate change maths problems for students to work on.
Professor Vicky Pope, Chair of MEI
Resources
Here are a range of resources that use climate and sustainability as a context for mathematical learning.
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The Big Earth Data Project
A suite of hands-on activities to engage and inspire students to look at current environmental challenges faced today, funded by the UK Space Agency.
The Big Earth Data Project -
Maths and Climate Change Resources
A suite of climate change focused maths resources for both Core Maths and Key Stage 3 students.
Maths and Climate Change -
Where maths meets… Urban regeneration
Meet Susie and discover the mathematical skills that are required to complete an urban regeneration project.
Problem solving using number and measurement – Where maths meets… the world of work! -
Where maths meets… Climate science
In this video you’ll hear from Sammie how choosing to study A level Mathematics was essential in enabling her to pursue a career in climate science.
Analysing and predicting – Where maths meets… the world of work! -
Where maths meets… ‘green’ engineering
In this video, find out how maths helped Ayantika develop a new material that can help fight climate change.
Proportional reasoning – Where maths meets… the world of work! -
Where’s the maths in that? Climate edition
The Where’s the maths in that resources, published by the AMSP, features a special Climate Edition.
Where’s the Maths in that? -
Your food’s carbon footprint
This AMSP-published Desmos activity aims to show how important maths is in understanding and communicating global issues.
Your food’s carbon footprint -
Visualising the Climate Crisis
These resources, published by the AMSP, highlight the environmental impact of fast fashion with a focus on the annual purchase of a Christmas jumper.
Visualising the Climate Crisis
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