LEARNING ZONE BROADBAND

Duration: 00:03:03

Maths is embedded in music through timing, rhythm and pitch. Maths can generate and create music.

Duration: 03:12

A chef at explains how he uses maths day to day as he works in the kitchen: weighing ingredients, dividing into portions and measuring liquids

Duration: 00:02:36

Maths is important for calculating the time breathing apparatus can be used inside a burning building.

Duration: 01:40

How the parts for an Airbus are gathered by enormous 'guppy planes' from across Europe to be assembled.

Duration: 04:11

Presenter Carol Vorderman explains how maths can help us with parallel parking.

Duration: 02:21

Two students attempt to control planes on the tarmac at Gatwick Airport using a simulator.

Duration: 00:03:34

Facts and figures which need to be considered at a zoo and how maths is used in the design of animal enclosures.

Duration: 01:15

A news report about the unusual design of a new school, which has circular classrooms and automatic windows.

Duration: 03:51

In his search for the best way to educate his children, father-of-two David Baddiel visits Harvard University in the USA where the youngest of babies are being tested at maths.

Duration: 04:13

Presenter Carol Vorderman explains how our sense of maths helps us know if a sofa will fit through a corridor.

Duration: 04:14

In Leicester market, fruit and vegetables are sold for a pound a bowl, so how much does each item cost? How many potatoes can the farmer get from his field, and what can he sell them all for? How many pots can the potter make and how much money can he make?

Duration: 00:38

A look at how the seats are arranged within a stadium to make the best use of the space available.