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Interpreting evidence
Death of an angel
States of matter
This activity aims to show science skills put to use in a career. Students take on the...
Mammoths extinct - Extinction activity from Wikid
Feeding relationships
This activity is a ready-to-go sample from version 2 of the Extinction unit, part of...
Pomegranate ovary model
Reproduction
Pomegranates are in the shops, and sales are rocketing. Here students use...
Boys, girls, and chimps
Variation
Recent research shows that young female chimps learn survival skills faster and more...
Fast car
Graphing motion
Fast cars fire up interest even for those who can't afford them. Fast talking TV...
Secrets from the ice
Acids and alkalis
Scientists spent 10 years extracting a 3 km and 800,000 year old ice core from...
Pluto: a planet no more
Solar System
Amidst emotional scenes, the meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in...
Goya: huge, hunted, and extinct
7D Variation and classification
Scientists have found fossilized remains of a puzzling extinct animal - Goya - in...
Shampoo claims - truth or lies?
Interpreting & evaluating evidence
A hair shampoo advert claiming to make hair 10% stronger has been banned by the...
Shrinking Everest?
Rocks & weathering
The summit of Everest is the highest place on Earth. But unpublished data from China...
Rats
Feeding relationships
International pest control experts have exterminated 10,000 rats on the small...
Acid rain: Britain recovers?
Environmental chemistry
According to a recent report, Britain’s wildlife is finally beginning to recover...
The short side of the family
9A Inheritance and selection
A set of bones from an isolated island in Indonesia has stunned archaeologists. They...
MMR
Immune system
A small-scale study by British scientist Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine with...
