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In the Pink: Colour from Carotenes
This Catalyst article explains how in nature, bioamplification causes substances to become more concentrated as they move from eater to eaten along a food chain. This sequence occurs in relation to the concentration of pesticides like DDT along a food chain, and causes problems for those animals, like birds of prey...
Photographs and simple text present some of the different machines used in a large supermarket, including fork lifts, scales, pricing machines, and conveyor belts.
Produced by the Wellcome Trust, In The Zone is a major UK initiative inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark and is part of Get Set +, the official London 2012 education programme. Primary resources linked to the topic of animals, including humans, the...
Kit box includes 2 pulse oximeters, 2 peak flow meters, 4 lung volume bags, 100 disposable mouthpieces, 25 elastic bands, 12 tape measures, 1 tub of powdered chalk, 1 respirometer kit, 1 bottle of bromothymol blue, 1 bottle of 0.1m sodium hydroxide solution, 6 indicator cards, 6 pipettes, 1 blood pressure monitor,...
Kit contains 1 handpuppet, 1 teaching guide, 1 curriculum guide, 16 body challenge cards, 3 stethoscopes, 10 pace pedometers, 1 tub of stethoscope germ busters, 3 timers, 5 measuring tapes and a floor tape.
In Vitro Fertilisation
A Catalyst article about in vitro fertilisation. About one in six couples gets help from specialists because they cannot conceive. One possibility is to use in vitro fertilisation (IVF). ‘In vitro’ means ‘in glass’ and refers to the fact that fertilisation takes place in a laboratory dish or test tube, hence the...
In Vitro Fertilisation
Produced by the Citizen Science project, this pack of resources allows students to learn about and debate the issues around in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Containing teacher notes and student activity sheets, the materials will engage students to think about, express and critically evaluate IVF.
Suitable for...
In-house Training for Maths Staff
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. By New College Nottingham, this case study looks at the themes of progression through STEM and professional development.
The project was set up to provide opportunities for in-house professional...
In-person verses online collaboration in science
In an article published in 2014 in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, researchers studied whether online collaborative learning was more effective than in-person collaborative learning in middle school science classes in relation to students’ understanding of science concepts.
In the study...
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