Pure Mathematics + Cybersecurity
Break a secret with number theory: how RSA works
Encrypt and decrypt a message with small primes by hand, then in code, and see why large primes matter.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
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Artificial Intelligence + Statistics and Probability
Predict house prices with linear regression
Use a public housing dataset to predict price from size, rooms and location.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Biology + Data
Compare a DNA sequence across species with free tools
Download one gene from six species, align the sequences and build an evolutionary tree.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Literature and English + Data
Analyse word use in a novel with a computer
Count words and character mentions in a public-domain novel and see what the numbers reveal.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Behavioural Economics + Psychology
Test the anchoring effect on price estimates
Show two groups a high or low number first and compare their estimates of an unrelated price.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
History + Geography
Map a historical event with digital tools
Plot the route of a march, a trade route or a campaign on a map and tell the story stage by stage.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Finance and Banking + Development and Applied Economics
Track a virtual stock portfolio for a month
Invest imaginary money in five companies and an index, track them and explain what moved them.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Behavioural and Cognitive Science + Graphic and UI/UX Design
Test the usability of two apps or websites
Give five users the same three tasks on two competing apps and record time, errors and comments.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Public Policy and Governance + Macroeconomics
Analyse a government policy from start to result
Choose one policy and assess its goal, design, cost and results with published data.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Marketing + Graphic and UI/UX Design
Analyse the brand identity of two competing companies
Compare two rival brands on logo, tone, pricing, audience and advertising, and judge which is clearer.
- Easy
- 2–7 days
- Free
Agri-business and Food Science + Development and Applied Economics
Follow a crop from farm to market
Track the price of one crop at each step from farmer to consumer and find who gets what share.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Applied Mathematics + Civil Engineering
Model traffic flow with cellular automata
Simulate cars on a ring road and show how jams appear from nothing above a critical density.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Agri-business and Food Science + Business Studies
Study how a farmer producer group works
Visit a farmers' cooperative or producer company and study what it buys, sells and returns to members.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Political Science + Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Study a political idea through its key thinkers
Trace one idea, such as liberty or equality, through three thinkers and take a position.
- Advanced
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Development and Applied Economics + Geography
Study rents and distance from the city centre
Collect rental listings and test whether rent per square foot falls with distance from the centre.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Industrial and Manufacturing + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Analyse and reduce waiting time at the canteen
Time each step of the canteen queue, find the bottleneck and test one improvement.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Public Policy and Governance + Political Science
Compare the manifestos of political parties on one issue
Compare what three parties promise on education or jobs, without taking sides.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Biomedical Engineering + Health Technology
Make a low-cost digital stethoscope
Fit a microphone to a stethoscope head, record heart sounds and analyse them on a computer.
- Advanced
- 2–4 weeks
- 1,000–2,500
Psychology + Teaching and Learning
Study how classroom seating affects participation
Record who speaks in class by seat position over ten lessons, with the teacher's permission.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Macroeconomics + Public Policy and Governance
Evaluate a government scheme from published data
Choose one scheme and test whether its target indicator improved after it started.
- Advanced
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Electronics and Communication + Data
Filter noise from an audio recording
Record speech with a hum, find the hum's frequency and remove it with a digital filter.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain + Psychology
Measure employee or student motivation with a survey
Test Herzberg's two-factor theory with a survey of 40 working people or students.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Data + Marketing
Mine association rules from shopping baskets
Find which products are bought together in a public transaction dataset.
- Advanced
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Psychology + Public Health and Epidemiology
Survey attitudes to mental health in your school
Measure knowledge and attitudes anonymously, then run an awareness activity with the counsellor.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
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