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The easy way to identify stars in the night sky - by comparing the stars you can see in the sky to the annotated, illuminated map inside your Star Pocket. Before use, set the time and date on the rings outside, and align it in the right direction using the built-in compass.
Star Science is a structured yet flexible programme covering the UK curriculums. It provides thematic organisation, a framework of key scientific ideas (the concept chain) and integrated skills work (the skills ladder).
In this tour of the solar system, readers can ride into the night on the bridle of Pegasus, stir up boiling volcanoes on Venus, and even swim across Jupiter's gigantic seas. They will also learn all kinds of facts...
Star trails and sidereal day
Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet introduces the sidereal day and shows how star trials can be used to calculate the length of one sidereal day. Included in the booklet are instructions on how to create a star trial photograph using a DSLR or bridge camera. Supporting documents that help the...
This collection includes some activities for primary and secondary aged pupils which could be linked to Star Wars day.
There are several activities looking at exoplanets and the search for alien life elsewhere in the Universe, which could be used to challenge the scientific validity of the film series....
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.
Starch
From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet looks at the production and industrial use of starch and modified starches. These have a broad range of uses in the food and non-food sectors. Starch can be either used in its native (unmodified) form or, if specific properties are required, it can be...
This volume features the author's own compilation of quotations and aphorisms - the Stark philosophy in convenient form. Designs featured range from the three-legged lemon press to the fast food shop in Nimes.
The text also includes architectural projects, interior design, and furniture. Select works are...
Firm sale. Traces the entire career of the designer, who has worked on the French presidential palace, the best hotels in New York, and has changed the way Italians think about furniture.
Stardust
This Science upd8 resource revolves around the topic of the universe. A mission brings space dust back from the tail of a comet. The dust may reveal secrets about the origins of the universe and life on Earth. Students must defend the mission's $200 million price tag and produce a graphic to support their talks. ...