Stefan Gates
Self
Ecomaths (2016)
Season 1
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.
Released May 1, 2017
Episode 10 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Kids
Keywords: imdb.show
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
May 1, 2017, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
May 7, 2018, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
Nov. 1, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
Nov. 7, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Nov. 27, 2017, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Nov. 27, 2017, midnight
S1E7 - 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.
Dec. 4, 2017, midnight
S1E8 - Lamb vs Snail
Dec. 11, 2017, midnight
S1E9 - Biodiversity
Sept. 18, 2017, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 91 min.
Released: May 1, 2017
Last Air Date: May 7, 2018, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 2+
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