Maths for Planet Earth: Climate Based Questions for students and teachers

A team of students and academics at the Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, and Department of Physics, University of Oxford, developed the Maths for Planet Earth questions. They work on climate and energy issues and are passionate about inspiring young people to join the fight against climate change.

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The world needs brainy mathematicians to help tackle climate change.

The aim of these questions is to integrate climate change into the school curriculum beyond the usual suspects of geography and environmental science.

These questions closely follow example problems from GCSE and A level past exams and were developed using existing exam questions. The maths skills tested in the question remained unchanged, but the context of the question was adapted to a climate change theme.

a council questionnaire
GCSE
A Council Questionnaire
Sean works for a town council. He wants to find out how often people use recyling bins when throwing away paper. He is going
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GCSE
Allotment Areas
A citizen wants to reduce their carbon footprint, so decides to grow their own produce in their garden. The area set out for growing

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