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?
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Note: If you have signed up already and have yet to start of complete the course, just to let you know we have a cut of date for the Cocoa Loco voucher eligibility – whereby after Friday 11th April we will no longer be able to send out the voucher for course completion, as the course/offer has come to a close. You will still be able to complete the course after this date, but the free voucher will not be available.
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.
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.”
***This course is now closed. Thanks to all you signed up and completed it.***
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.