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Silent Flight
A Catalyst article describing how engineers have designed an aircraft which will produce much less noise as it approaches and leaves the airport. The Silent Aircraft Initiative is a collaboration between scientists and engineers at two universities, Cambridge (UK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA...
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Silk Screen Printing
This booklet from the Griffin Technical Studies series introduces students to the skill of silk screening printing. It begins with instructions on how to make a basic frame and describes the other materials needed and how to prepare the workroom. Causes and remedies for common problems are also addressed.
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Why are all the silkworms dying? Louis Pasteur longs to solve this mystery. He believes that the silkworms can show him how humans catch disease and much more.
As well as lending his name to pasteurization,...
Silver award: are some jeans tougher than others?
This resource describes an independent research project investigating the strength of jeans. Students could test the strength of seams in a pair of denim jeans, the tear resistance of denim, or try to work out how easily denim wears down by rubbing it on a rough surface. This will...
Silver award: art restoration
This resource describes 30 hours of independent project work for a silver Crest Award on the subject of art restoration. Students start by carrying out some research about paint pigments:
- What did early artists use? How did they colour their paints? What pigments were available to them?
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Silver award: build a model pirate ship ride
In this project students research theme park rides and design and build a model of the pirate ship ride, concentrating on how to support the swinging parts. Another vital component is the support that holds the gondola and the counterweight. ...
Silver award: build a robot
In this project, students will build a simple robot, for example using Lego or Meccano, that they can steer with switches. They could then adapt it to perform a ‘useful’ task.
Silver award: can you improve the shelf life of a fizzy drink?
Traditional fizzy drinks were made by fermentation using yeast. In this project, students make some fermented fizzy drinks investigate the effect of using additives and varying...