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What’s f(500)?
A function is defined so that f(xy) = f(x) + f(y) for all positive integers x and y. Students are given the value of f(10) and (40) and are challenged to determine the value of f(500).
In each student worksheet contains different values for f(10) and f(40) but for...
What’s in a Name?
A Catalyst article about the naming system used for biological species, devised by Linnaeus. The purpose of biological names is investigated and the article also explains how the naming system works.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2009, Volume 19, Issue 3.
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What’s in that cell card game
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These cards help students to compare and contrast the four major types of cells (plant, animal, fungal, bacterial). You could use them as simple revision cards or print out two sets and play a top trumps or happy... |
What’s in that cell?
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Use our downloadable cards to check knowledge of the organelles in different types of cell. These cards help students to compare and contrast the four major types of cells (plant, animal, fungal, bacterial... |
What’s that component?
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These downloadable cards showing individual components of the immune system are useful for revision. Great for playing a twenty questions type game. |
What’s the Sine Rule Ratio?
A triangle is shown divided into two regions by a straight line, resulting in the triangle being split into a smaller triangle and a cyclic quadrilateral. A task is set to determine the ratio of an angle and an opposite side. In each of the numerical examples given the answer to 6 significant figures is 14.
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What’s the Universe made of?
Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet introduces the concepts of dark matter and dark energy. Included is an online video that discusses how the Universe will end, including the role of dark matter and energy. The booklet describes the composition of the Universe, this is followed by questions...
Wheat Evolution
Produced by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), these activities help students to practically investigate the process of evolution. Using the context of wheat, students are able to consider its evolution from wild grasses. This can be used to demonstrate the dramatic effect of both...
Wheatstone bridge
The aim of this investigation is to find the value of a number of resistors using a Wheatstone bridge. Although this is an historical piece of equipment that has been superseded by modern methods it provides an excellent way to understand potential difference in circuits.
Wheelchair Technology
Sports engineers from Sheffield Hallam University and Frazer Nash are helping Team GB's wheelchair paralympians fine-tune their equipment and training regimes using advanced analysis technology. Engineers explain the relationship between science and engineering in disability sports and how inspiring it is to work...