This resource is part of our Where maths meets the world of work series, which showcases the maths used in different careers. Each video is also linked to one or more activities, so your students can get a real taste of what the career may entail.
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.
The video and accompanying resources have been designed so that they can be completed in one hour, but there are plenty of opportunities to extend them further or use them as part of home learning.
Activities
Curriculum focus: Key Stage 3 to Level 3 Core Maths
Topic: Extreme Weather
Content:
- Interpreting statistics and infographics in context
- Critiquing graphs and reading scales
- Writing very large or very small numbers in standard form
- Investigating the Normal distribution
- Representing and calculating probabilities using areas
- Analysing data to develop and present a conclusion
Curriculum focus: Key Stage 4 to Level 3 Core Maths
Topic: Student investigation using data in a spreadsheet
Content:
- Averages and spread
- Interpreting and plotting data in context
- Making predictions and assumptions
- Analysing and comparing data to develop and present conclusions
