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Artemisia Crops to Treat Malaria

From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet looks at the challenges of growing the crop Artemisia annua in the UK. The plant produces a compound, artemisinin which is a complex metabolite that cannot be synthesised readily in the laboratory. Artemisinin is an antimalarial drug and can be used to treat...

Arthropod Vectors of Disease

Produced 1975 by the Institute of Biology as part of its Studies in Biology series, this booklet looks at the diseases transmitted by arthropods and their effects on humans.

It contains sections that include:
* Pathogens, vector efficiency and specificity
* Arthropod vectors
*...

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Arthur Benjamin Does Mathemagic

In this video, courtesy of TED, Arthur Benjamin performs amazing feats of 'mathemagic'. Beginning by multiplying two 2 digit numbers he continues by mentally squaring two digit numbers and three digit...

Arthur Benjamin: the Magic of Fibonacci Numbers

In this video, courtesy of TED, Arthur Benjamin asks the question why do we teach mathematics in school? He suggests that the reasons are for calculation, application and to a lesser extent inspiration...

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.

Artificial atoms

Scientists at The University of Oxford are working on methods of using quantum dots to produce a stream of identical single photons with the hope of using this to provide un-hackable data protection, quantum computers and powerful microscopes. This activity is suitable as a follow-on lesson after...

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.