Physics + Programming
Simulate projectile motion with air drag in Python
Plot real trajectories with air resistance and compare them with the textbook parabola.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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Statistics and Probability · Probability
Test the birthday paradox
Calculate and test the chance that two people in a group share a birthday.
- Easy
- 1–3 hours
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Sociology
Model the spread of a rumour
Build a logistic model of how a rumour spreads through a school and test it with a class game.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Aerospace Engineering + Astronomy and Space
Simulate a satellite orbit
Integrate Newton's law of gravity to draw circular, elliptical and escape orbits.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Programming + Pure Mathematics
Write classic sorting algorithms and race them
Implement bubble, insertion, merge and quick sort and plot how their running time grows.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Biology · Evolution
Model natural selection with coloured beads
Play predator on beads scattered on patterned cloth and watch the population shift over generations.
- Easy
- 1–3 hours
- Under 250
Public Health and Epidemiology + Statistics and Probability
Model a disease outbreak with dice
Play an infection game with dice in class and plot the epidemic curve.
- Easy
- 1 day
- Under 250
Applied Mathematics · Simulation
Simulate a queue at a bank or canteen
Measure real arrival and service times and simulate how the queue changes with one more counter.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Games, Graphics and New Tech + Physics
Create a 2D physics sandbox
Simulate bouncing balls with gravity, friction and collisions in the browser.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Public Health and Epidemiology + Applied Mathematics
Build a model of how vaccines create herd immunity
Simulate an infection on a grid with different shares of immune people and find the protecting threshold.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Macroeconomics · International Economics
Model trade between two countries with a classroom game
Give teams different resources, let them produce and trade, and show the gains from specialisation.
- Easy
- 1 day
- Under 250
Games, Graphics and New Tech + Public Health and Epidemiology
Simulate the spread of an epidemic
Model susceptible, infected and recovered people and see how vaccination and distancing change the curve.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Statistics and Probability · Probability
Investigate the Monty Hall problem
Play the three-door game 100 times each way and show why switching wins two-thirds of the time.
- Easy
- 1–3 hours
- Free
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