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A fun and lively look at the mathematical ideas concealed in video games Did you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a game world steeped in mathematics? Power-Up reveals the hidden mathematics in many of today's most popular video games and explains why mathematical learning doesn't just happen in the classroom or from books--you're doing it without even realizing it when you play games on your cell phone. In this lively and entertaining book, Matthew Lane discusses how gamers are engaging with the traveling salesman problem when they play Assassin's Creed, why it is mathematically impossible for Mario to jump through the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario Bros., and how The Sims teaches us the mathematical costs of maintaining relationships. He looks at mathematical pursuit problems in classic games like Missile Command and Ms. Pac-Man, and how each time you play Tetris, you're grappling with one of the most famous unsolved problems in all of mathematics and computer science.Along the way, Lane discusses why Family Feud and Pictionary make for ho-hum video games, how realism in video games (or the lack of it) influences learning, what video games can teach us about the mathematics of voting, the mathematics of designing video games, and much more. Power-Up shows how the world of video games is an unexpectedly rich medium for learning about the beautiful mathematical ideas that touch all aspects of our lives--including our virtual ones.

A fun and lively look at the mathematical ideas concealed in video gamesDid you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a world steeped in mathematics? Matthew Lane reveals the hidden mathematics in many of today's most popular video games—and explains why mathematical learning doesn't just happen in the classroom. He discusses how gamers are engaging with the traveling salesman problem when they play Assassin's Creed, why it is mathematically impossible for Mario to jump through the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario Bros., how The Sims teaches us the mathematical costs of relationships, and more. Power-Up shows how the world of video games is an unexpectedly rich medium for learning about the mathematical ideas that touch our lives—including our virtual ones.

Whether you’re new to Religious Education teaching or looking to refine your practice, this book equips you with the confidence and knowledge to teach lessons that are relevant, enriching, and reflective of today’s world. Based on cutting-edge research, its accessible and systematic framework explores the six major world religions, alongside Humanism, indigenous religions or worldviews and others like Jain, Rastafari and atheism. Spanning creation myths, ethical frameworks, denominations and scriptures, knowledge is fully cross-referenced and organised by theme, making it equally useful whatever your curriculum or syllabus. This unique format asks the same questions of each religion and worldview: who or what is God? Where do we come from? How do we know? How do we live? What is the goal of life? What is the path to reach the goal? Each religion’s section of abstract knowledge is accompanied by teaching suggestions that bring its ideas off the page and into the classroom. Accessible and comprehensive, this is an indispensable guide for every teacher of Religious Education.

Whether you’re new to Religious Education teaching or looking to refine your practice, this book equips you with the confidence and knowledge to teach lessons that are relevant, enriching, and reflective of today’s world. Based on cutting-edge research, its accessible and systematic framework explores the six major world religions, alongside Humanism, indigenous religions or worldviews and others like Jain, Rastafari and atheism. Spanning creation myths, ethical frameworks, denominations and scriptures, knowledge is fully cross-referenced and organised by theme, making it equally useful whatever your curriculum or syllabus. This unique format asks the same questions of each religion and worldview: who or what is God? Where do we come from? How do we know? How do we live? What is the goal of life? What is the path to reach the goal? Each religion’s section of abstract knowledge is accompanied by teaching suggestions that bring its ideas off the page and into the classroom. Accessible and comprehensive, this is an indispensable guide for every teacher of Religious Education.

This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level climate action, spanning varied communities, places, spaces, agents and disciplines, demonstrating how the energy and dynamism of local scales are a powerful resource in turning the tide. Interconnected yet conceptually distinct, the book’s three sections span multiple levels of analysis, interrogating diverse perspectives and practices inherent to the vivid tapestry of climate action emerging locally, nationally and internationally. Delivered in collaboration with the UK’s ‘Place-Based Climate Action Network’, chapters are drawn from a wide range of authors with varying backgrounds spread acrossacademia, policy and practice.