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How bras inspired the spacesuit
Dallas Campbell talks about how bras require engineering design to enable them to be both comfortable and supportive. He explains how a bra manufacturer was involved in the first designs of space suits for NASA.
An entertaining and informative collection of great brain tricks, experiments, puzzles, quizzes, and activities provides kids a cool road map to exploring the most awesome part of the body, showing how the brain, nerves, and senses work.
How Can Atoms Exist?
Alice wonders how a tree can exist and therefore how atoms can exist. Bob suggest that in an atom, electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom like a planet orbits the Sun. Alice explains that if that the charged electron should give off light and lost energy and spiral into the nucleus. That leads them on to...
Defines wheels, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.
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.
How can Stemville improve its biodiversity?
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How Can We Be Sure?
This book from the SISCON series looks at the history of scientific theories, including evidence, prediction and creativity. It asks questions such as: What is it possible to be certain about? Are experts always right?
...How can we clean our dirty water?
This resource provides a set of videos and a practical investigation aimed at supporting working scientifically in the classroom and relating science to real world experiences. In the first video Professor Brian Cox joins a teacher to find out how to set up and run an investigation to find out how to turn dirty...
How can we live smarter?
Human beings are pretty smart. We have transformed the world and thought up some wondrous inventions. But what will the future hold for planet Earth and the people who inhabit it? Can we use new technology and innovations to improve the quality of our lives as well as the world we live in?