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Offers young readers a science book filled with unusual projects, such as making green slime, cooking edible glass, and creating fake blood.

A collection of experiments that can be performed using ordinary household objects, such as making a battery from money or a beach ball-powered elevator, plus explanations of why each works.

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.

Guidance for teachers of science in primary & pre-school settings, with additional resources on CD-ROM.

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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

The two hemispheres are joined with an airtight seal and a vacuum pump draws air out of the sphere. Initially the air pressure inside and outside the sphere is the same (normal atmospheric pressure) so there is a balance of forces on the inside and outside surfaces of the sphere.

By removing some of the air...

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

You may have seen Maggie Aderin-Pocock presenting BBC's The Sky at Night, asking Jeremy Paxman to hold a torch while she described a lunar eclipse, or on the sofa of a breakfast television show or The One Show talking enthusiastically about science. You may not know that she has hung out of the back of military...

Maggie Aderin: Reaching for the Stars

From teachers TV, this video follows Dr. Maggie Aderin to South Africa to see the South African Large Telescope. She describes how the telescope works before moving on to a science festival in Grahamstown, where she talks to a NASA astronaut.

Dr. Aderin an astronomer but is as much in demand for her...

Magic Bag

A magic bag contains some black balls and some white balls. Two balls are removed simultaneously and they are both the same colour. The magic bag says ‘the probability of this happening is 0.5...