Michio Kaku – American Professor of Theoretical Physics and fantastic populariser of mathematics and physics takes us through a 40 minute journey on the importance of physics in explaining the universe:
Great stuff – well worth watching!
IB Maths Exploration Guide
IB Maths Exploration Guide
A comprehensive 63 page pdf guide to help you get excellent marks on your maths investigation. Includes:
- Investigation essentials,
- Marking criteria guidance,
- 70 hand picked interesting topics
- Useful websites for use in the exploration,
- A student checklist for top marks
- Avoiding common student mistakes
- A selection of detailed exploration ideas
- Advice on using Geogebra, Desmos and Tracker.
IB Exploration Modelling and Statistics Guide
IB Exploration Modelling and Statistics Guide
A 60 page pdf guide full of advice to help with modelling and statistics explorations – focusing in on non-calculator methods in order to show good understanding. Includes:
- Pearson’s Product: Height and arm span
- How to calculate standard deviation by hand
- Binomial investigation: ESP powers
- Paired t tests and 2 sample t tests: Reaction times
- Chi Squared: Efficiency of vaccines
- Spearman’s rank: Taste preference of cola
- Linear regression and log linearization.
- Quadratic regression and cubic regression.
- Exponential and trigonometric regression.
