Ecomaths (2017)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 2017-05-01
Last Air Date: 2018-05-07
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 9
Top Cast
- Stefan Gates as Self
Seasons
Season 1 (2017)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Local Food
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.
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Ep. 2: Recycling
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.
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Ep. 3: Saving Energy
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.
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Ep. 4: Rainwater Harvesting
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.
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Ep. 5: Reducing Car Use
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.
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Ep. 6: Reducing Food Waste
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.
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Ep. 7: Wood Fuel
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.
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Ep. 8: Lamb vs Snail
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Ep. 9: Biodiversity
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