Ecomaths

Ecomaths

A new way of showing how maths is used in the real world to help create a sustainable future. Stefan Gates meets people using maths to find innovative solutions to the ecological challenges of our age.

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1. Local Food

Air Date: 2017-05-01

Stefan visits an organic farm in Devon to uncover how ordering events, patterns and measuring can help work out what's good for the environment.

2. Recycling

Air Date: 2018-05-07

Stefan visits a vast recycling plant to explore how 2-D and 3-D shapes are used to sort and reuse rubbish, and visits a school that uses recycled objects in many different ways.

3. Saving Energy

Air Date: 2016-11-01

Stefan vists a brand new hospital in London where he learns about measuring and controlling temperature and visits a school that uses data collection to run an energy saving campaign.

4. Rainwater Harvesting

Air Date: 2016-11-07

Stefan visit a huge hi-tech greenhouse in Kent to learn how much rain can be collected from a roof using ideas of conservation of volume and calculating area.

5. Reducing Car Use

Air Date: 2017-11-27

Stefan explores alternatives to car use by pedaling a rickshaw across Bristol and constructs simple equations to calculate the carbon cost of a new cycle way.

6. Reducing Food Waste

Air Date: 2017-11-27

In this episode targeted at the Primary maths curriculum Stefan visits a unique grocery in Manchester and learns how to reduce food waste by turning facts and figures into fractions and percentages.

7. Wood Fuel

Air Date: 2017-12-04

In this episode, Stefan heads into the woods of Sussex to explore sustainable energy and meets a group of students who use algebra to compare different types of energy.

8. Lamb vs Snail

Air Date: 2017-12-11

9. Biodiversity

Air Date: 2017-09-18

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Release Date

2017-05-01

Episodes

9 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

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