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Double-slits and diffraction

This kit and their associated resources are designed to help teach about double-slit and diffraction patterns.

Before teaching this, students should:

• be familiar with constructive and destructive interference;
• be aware that we get diffraction when a wave travels through a gap;
• ...

Doubling and Dabbling in Duckweed

Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), the investigations suggested in this resource use duckweeds. These seem to be simple plants - small, green, and with no flowers. However, this simplicity makes them ideal experimental organisms for investigations into...

An exciting and colourful resource to enhance and reinforce the understanding of basic mathematical calculations and number sense. Presents calculation problems and step-by-step guides that explain how to solve them...

Join Turtle as he dives deeper and deeper into the ocean - what surprise...

Down House

A Catalyst article about Charles Darwin's home and in particular his study which is open to the public. Visiting information is included in the article which puts into context the importance of this room in his work.

This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2007, Volume 17, Issue 3.

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Down on the Farm

Produced by Teachers TV, this video helps to illustrate how animals live, where food comes from and the workings of a farm as children are followed during a residential visit to a farm.

Children and teachers from Kelvin Grove Primary School in South London spend a gruelling week at Nethercott Farm in...

Down on the Farm, 10 000 Years Ago

This Catalyst article looks at how people lived in the past, archaeologists look at the items (artefacts) these cultures left behind. Using chemical analysis of residues in the artefacts an enormous amount of additional information can be gleaned. This article investigates early dairy farming. Analysis of tiny...

Down the Plughole

From the Microbiology Society, this resource contains information about biofilms. These are communities of microbial cells attached to a surface. For example, the slime lining plugholes and drains or the rough deposit that can coat teeth at the end of the day. The information clearly describes: * What are biofilms...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.