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How damaging is radiation?
This video introduces common misconceptions about radiation. It then discusses the types of radiation that exists and considers how harmful they might be to us. Our exposure to background radiation is discussed.
How deep is your blue? Coloured chemistry with smartphones
In this activity students use a smartphone to determine the precise amount of copper in an aqueous solution of nitric acid. Students collect comparative values of different copper-solutions with special apps to produce a diagram and estimate the amount of copper, based on the Lambert-Beer Law that explains that the...
This third edition of 'How Designers Think' has been substantially rewritten following the second edition which was first published in 1990. Bryan Lawson has continued to try and understand how designers think, to...
How Designers Think is based on Bryan Lawson's many observations of designers at work, interviews with designers and their clients and collaborators. In this fourth edition, Bryan Lawson continues to try and understand how designers think, to explore how they might be better educated and to develop techniques to...
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Certain sea slugs have developed a remarkable defensive adaptation -- they can use the stinging cells of the sea anemones they eat to protect themselves. Whether adapting over millions of years or in the blink of an eye, this book examines the ever-changing world of animals.
Children will thrill at...
Each book in this series is an exciting introduction to an aspect of the natural or scientific world and provides a wealth of fascinating information. The simple text and detailed, colourful illustrations combine to answer children's questions about the world around them, whilst safe, easy experiments help clarify...
How do animals use sound
This starter activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), introduces students to how animals use sounds and how sounds change in natural phenomena in order to better understand how sound waves travel.
...Each book in this series is an exciting introduction to an aspect of the natural or scientific world and provides a wealth of fascinating information. The simple text and detailed, colourful illustrations combine to answer children's questions about the world around them, whilst safe, easy experiments help clarify...
How do big oak trees grow?
This infographic asks the question 'Where does the mass of a tree come from?' and looks at the misconceptions that can surround this. It explains why it is important to establish student misconceptions and how to overcome them using the RADAAR...