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Classroom resources for the new school year

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Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email Maths Applied Mathematics – Maths is all around us, from weather forecasting, engineering and finance, to modelling the spread of diseases. Students can discover how Professor Anotida Madzvamuse applies maths to address real-world challenges.

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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

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However, the skills learnt from subjects such as mathematics and physics are everlasting and applicable to many different fields. I was fascinated by the physical processes that underlie information processing, so studied physics and computer science initially. Most researchers love to talk about their work.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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When I was younger, I always loved math and science. I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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This required data about social factors in each district, such as the population age structure, level of employment and literacy rate. This is a particular issue in the mountainous regions of Peru, where challenging geography makes it hard to build infrastructure and where policymakers have not focused much attention.

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Monitoring the canopy temperature of forests

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DR SOPHIE FAUSET School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK. Field of research : Environmental Science. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field which seeks to find effective means of understanding and managing the world in which we live. DR SHALOM D.

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Urban farming for urban families

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The liberal arts consist of the natural sciences, like biology, ecology and neuroscience, formal sciences, like physics and maths, social sciences, and the humanities. Contact your local university and see if they offer agricultural science courses and any internship or work experience opportunities.