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When will the Sun become a red giant?
Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet guides students to use Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence equation to determine when the Sun will become a red giant. Included is an online video that discusses how we can determine how old the Sun is. Details on the relationship between mass and energy in...
Each book in this series is an exciting introduction to an aspect of the natural or scientific world and provides a wealth of fascinating information. The simple text and detailed, colourful illustrations combine to answer children's questions about the world around them, whilst safe, easy experiments help clarify...
Where did the Earth come from?
The video begins by showing the many misconceptions that people have concerning the Earth’s formation. It then explains that the Earth was formed from elements formed in stars.
Where Do All the Salmon Go? and Making CO2 Bricks
This podcast from the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Planet Earth Online collection looks at how scientists are using fish scales to figure out why the UK salmon population is falling; and how carbon dioxide emissions from power stations could be used to make household bricks.
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Each book in this series is an exciting introduction to an aspect of the natural or scientific world and provides a wealth of fascinating information. The simple text and detailed, colourful illustrations combine to answer children's questions about the world around them, whilst safe, easy experiments help clarify...
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.
Where Do Medicines Come From?
This resource, from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), provides support for a series of lessons on medicines – what they do and how to use them safely. It looks at how medicines are discovered, developed and tested through the eyes of a young girl.
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Where Do Medicines Come From?
From Understanding Animal Research, these materials help students understand the process of drug discovery and development. It shows that the drug discovery process is long and complex and involves several different stages, including basic research, animal testing and clinical trials. The materials include: *...
Where Do the Learners Go?
Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study tackles the theme of progression through STEM subjects. By Newham Adult Learning Service, it describes an action research project that aimed to capture progression and learner voice data from a sample of learners who had recently completed...