Resources
The arctic ice is melting and the polar bears are struggling so they ask some children to help them. Together, they draw up a plan for how to reduce energy use and prevent the planet from warming.
Can we save our horse chestnut trees?
This article investigates the reasons behind extensive early browning of the horse chestnut trees.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2016, Volume 26, Issue 3.
...Can We Travel through Time?
Bob explains that time slows down closer to massive bodies. Alice is lowered down towards a black hole. Bob ages differently to Alice, and when they are reunited Bob is much older than Alice – explained by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.
This resource pack contains a set of activity cards and an accompanying CD-Rom.
The activities are designed to be used in pairs, groups or with the whole class to encourage children to discuss mathematics and give opportunities for them to give convincing arguments to support their thoughts and reasoning....
This title helps students join a journey through time, space and beyond and find out about the physical forces that make our world what it is and how science affects everything, from roller-coasters to fighter pilots...
Can You Get Fat in Space?
As part of the The Great British Space Dinner competition, celebrity chef, Heston Blumenthal, asks us the question, “Can you get fat in space?”. He explains that, due to being in a weightless environment, astronauts' muscles do not need to work as hard as on Earth, and so the fat on their bodies could increase....
This fact-filled book explores all things colourful, from tiny iridescent insects to the 'blue moon'. Children will learn about the unique way that hippos keep cool, why gold is useful in space and why a monkey's bright-red bottom is much more important that you may think.
A book that encourages children to use observation skills to translate what they see in the real word, to what they read and see on a page. Entertaining activity suggestions at the back of the book will help children...
Can You Hear Me?
This Catalyst article looks at hearing loss, which is usually associated with the elderly, straining to hear the TV while turning up their hearing aid. As a teenager losing the ability to hear correctly seems decades away but hearing loss is increasingly becoming a problem for young adults and teenagers. The...
Can you perceive acceleration?
This video demonstrates how the eye tracks motion in such a way that determining whether an object is accelerating is very difficult. So, we need another way to measure motion.