EPQ Initial Ideas

EPQ Initial Ideas

1. Maths

   • Fourier Transforms and Differential Equations
     • Potential artefact: build a voice activated robot WITHOUT SOFTWARE

2. Music

   • What makes harmonies sound good?
     • Frequency intervals
     • Equal Temperament vs Just Tuning
   • Artefact: Compose, Record and Produce a song celebrating Indian Culture
     • Researching scales and instruments
     • Getting production advice
     • Consider lyrics

3. Physics

   • Materials of instruments
     • Properties that impact sonority
     • Potential artefact: build a guitar that maximizes resonance
   • Chaos Theory
     • Stochastic Processes
     • Random Walks
     • Van der Pol Equation
   • Climate Change Modelling
     • To what extent is chaos theory a limiting factor in the accuracy of long-term climate models?
     • Ocean Currents, Atmospheric Dynamics
     • Potential Artefact: Build a Climate Model myself!
     • Machine learning models
       • Ensemble
       • Probabilistic Forecasting