Even more ratios! This video dives into unitary ratios.
Reading
Apple in China
Patrick McGee
YouTube
Maths
Ratios: Part 2 - Unitary Ratios
YouTube
Maths
Ratios: Part 1 - What Are They and How Are They Simplified?
A new project! I have linked my first attempt at a maths YouTube video. There are definitely some issues to iron out but it was a fun experience to make it and I hope it can be useful to students.
Science
Today I found out about space “rubies”. 🚀
In 2022 the James Webb Space Telescope discovered some tiny red specs, labelled little red dots or rubies. They are thought to black holes surrounded by a dense shell of gas.
Image: …
Data Visualisation
Creating Waffle Plots in R with Waffle
Introduction
In this post we will be creating waffle plots with R, using the waffle() function from the package of the same name. In terms of necessary packages I would recommend dplyr(for the handy filter() and select() functions), tidyr (for the …
Data Visualisation
Creating Scatter Plots with ggplot2
This post follows directly on from my last, “How Many Penguins? A First Look at Visualising Data With R and ggplot2”, so if you are new to ggplot2 check that one out first!
Today we are going to be continuing looking at the Palmer …
Data Visualisation
A First Look at Visualising Data With R and ggplot2
R and its ggplot2 package are wonderful tools for visualising data. In this post, we will explore some of the basics of plotting with ggplot2 by creating bar charts using the famous Palmer Archipelago dataset.
Artwork by @allison_horst.
The dataset …