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TRUMP Part 4: Planets and Orbits
This part of the TRUMP Astrophysics resource package dealt with historical and modern observations of planets and their orbital motions. Like all other parts of the TRUMP package, this part contains study notes (self-study material for teachers), teaching notes and...
TRUMP Part 5: Telescopes and Instruments
This part of the TRUMP Astrophysics resource package dealt with the design and performance of astronomical telescopes and instruments. Like all other parts of the TRUMP package, this part contains study notes (self-study material for teachers), teaching notes and...
TRUMP Part 6: Galaxies, Cosmology and Relativity
This part of the TRUMP Astrophysics resource package dealt with with galaxies, the history and future of the Universe, and special relativity. Like all other parts of the TRUMP package, this part contains study notes (self-study material for teachers), teaching notes...
Students will find it easier to measure long distances with this sturdy plastic trundle wheel. Counting "clicker" clicks with each metre, so children see and hear the measurement. Non-slip rubber tyres provide an accurate reading...
Designing products that meet rigorous safety standards is an increasingly important skill – especially when it comes to products used by children. Trunki, the child’s pull along suitcase, may have failed the BBC Dragon’s Den test, but thanks to further testing and modification it’s now taking the world by storm. We...
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Truth, trust and twitter
Scientists at the University of Oxford are investigating how computers could be used to assess online information for trustworthiness. This could be particularly useful to help people interpret information about recent or rapidly changing incidents.
...Try This - Make Your Own Cloud
In this Catalyst article an experiment is described in which the formation of clouds can be replicated. The experiment requires nothing more than a plastic bottle, warm water, matches and a small thermometer.
This article...
Try This - Make Your Own Spectrometer
A Catalyst article describing how to make a spectrometer to analyse light by using a CD to split the light and some other household items for the rest of the equipment.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 21, Issue 4.
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Try This - Pouring a Gas
This Catalyst article explains how some gases can be poured, demonstrated by an experiment using carbon dioxide gas.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2.
Catalyst is a science magazine for...