Maths and climate change made easy
Do you want to boost your skills + knowledge + confidence in maths and learn about climate change for business?
Solar panels, electric vehicles and carbon footprints – are you interested in finding out more about them?
And would you like to earn a £20 voucher for West Sussex’s award-winning chocolatier, Cocoa Loco?
In partnership with the Sussex Maths Tutor and Small99, we’ve developed a unique online course for the Multiply programme, to help you get to grips with net zero and boost your everyday maths skills.
In each section Adam talks about a different climate change topic and Darren walks you through some everyday maths.
There are 5 quiz questions at the end of each section, with multiple choice answers. Answer videos are also provided!
Each video is less than 10 minutes long and you can re-watch as many times as you like.
Learn at your own pace over the five sections. The course takes approx. 2 hours to complete.
Once you’ve completed the course download your digital badge and add it to your CV, LinkedIn profile etc.
Once you’ve finished the course we’ll email you a voucher code to spend £20 with Cocoa Loco on us!
Some feedback from past learners:
“It’s always good to be able to fit it in with your own schedule, bite size is always appealing!”
“Despite previous reservations about mathematics, I was pleasantly surprised by how engaging and enjoyable the learning experience proved to be.”
Who’s it for?
Learners must be aged 19 or over and live in West Sussex.
For more information about the course, read on.
Course content
The climate change content is divided into the following topics:
- The key information about climate change
- What a carbon footprint is
- Simple steps a business can take to become more sustainable
- The basics on solar panels
- The impact of commuting and electric vehicles explained
With these maths topics following each section, using real world examples:
- Reading graphs and pie charts
- Calculating percentages
- Working out averages
- Measuring area, weights and distance
- Using fractions and ratios
Adam Bastock is the founder of Small99, helping small businesses become more sustainable. Having spent a decade working with and in small businesses, he understands the challenges owners have with limited resources and time.
Most owners feel overwhelmed with the amount of information about sustainability, and Small99 was founded to cut through all the noise and empower the 99% of businesses in the UK to take action.
Darren Rickard qualified as a maths teacher in 1997. He worked in main stream education until 2009 when he become the full time carer of his 3 children. In 2015, he set up Sussex Maths Tutor Ltd. A business purely focused on providing support to students, parents and schools in the area of mathematics in both Primary and Secondary education.
Darren’s main passion in life is his children and his dog Marnie. He enjoys going to the gym, watching football, drinking craft beer and gaming. Usually, in that order.
Get started here
This course is delivered on behalf of the Multiply programme for West Sussex County Council, funded by the UK Government. The programme requires the specific data set out in the form below to be provided to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on behalf of the Department of Education (DfE) and uploaded to Individualised Learner Records (ILR).
Please read here how we capture and store your data and how the ESFA uses your data in our Privacy Policy for this Project.
Please complete the form below and we’ll send you your log in details so you can get started.
In partnership with West Sussex County Council.
