Core Scientific Mathematics


Development template
STATUS Style Use in Yrs Question Description
Stage 3
DRAFT . M|S 7-11 Certainly approximate Can you rank these curious physical quantities in order of size?
DRAFT . . . Lining up for line graphs .
DRAFT . . . Fill me up See how quickly the level of liquid rises in these vessels.
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PUBLISHED . . . Reaction timer This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction. 
Stage 4
DRAFT . M|S 11 Get in line Link together the physical processes with their equation and graphs. Discuss the mathematical modelling assumptions made.
DRAFT . M . Speedo What can we know for certain about a car journey where we infrequently looked at the speedometer?
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PUBLISHED . . . Guessing the graph Can you suggest a curve to fit some experimental data? Can you work out where the data might have come from? 
PUBLISHED . . . How do you react? To investigate the relationship between the distance the ruler drops and the time taken, we need to do some mathematical modelling... 
PUBLISHED . M . Mach attack  Think about breaking the sound barrier.
DRAFT . M . David and Goliath Can you find the relationship between strength and size from this data taken from weightlifting?
Mixed stage 3/4 science/maths
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