Maths and climate change made easy

Boost your maths skills and learn about climate change

Skills for life

Do you want to feel more confident in maths and learn about climate change at the same time?

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 confidence with everyday maths.

Learn at your own pace and in your own time by completing the five modules.

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 to help you build your confidence. Answer videos are also provided!

Each video is less than 10 minutes long and you can re-watch the videos as many times as you like.

Once you’ve completed the course download your digital badge and add it to your CV, LinkedIn profile etc.

At the end of the course, you’ll understand:

The key information about climate change
What a carbon footprint is and how it’s calculated
Simple steps a business can take to become more sustainable
The basics on solar panels
The carbon footprint of commuting and electric vehicles explained

And feel more confident using everyday maths including:

Reading graphs and pie charts
Calculating percentages
Working out averages
Measuring area, weights and distance
Using fractions and ratios

Who’s it for?

Learners must be aged 19 or over, live in West Sussex, and want to improve their confidence in everyday maths. Meet the tutors below:

Adam Bastock

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.

https://small99.co.uk/

Darren Rickard

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.

https://www.sussexmathstutor.co.uk/

Get started here

This course is delivered on behalf of the Multiply programme for West Sussex County Council, funded by the UK Government. The programme requires the specific data set out in the form below to be provided to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on behalf of the Department of Education (DfE) and uploaded to Individualised Learner Records (ILR).

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