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How to present your results
How to present your results
A graph is a great way of telling a story with numbers but the same data can be presented using different ways. So how d... Read more
1 Oct 2014
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3mins
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Making it all add up
Making it all add up
Since numbers first emerged people have tried anything to make maths easier, find out how these attempts have changed th... Read more
1 Oct 2014
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3mins
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Explaining scientific notation
Explaining scientific notation
Find out how to write very big or very small numbers, and why it’s useful for communicating your results.
1 Oct 2014
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6mins
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Explaining negative numbers
Explaining negative numbers
Negative numbers can seem hard to understand, but looking at different temperatures around the world shows that it's not... Read more
1 Oct 2014
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Why keep a journal
Why keep a journal
Keeping a lab notebook is a vital skill for any scientist and beginners to the subject often underestimate its importanc... Read more
1 Oct 2014
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7mins
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Potato experiment: How much water is in a potato?
Potato experiment: How much water is in a potato?
Everyday food stuffs such as potatoes and apples contain water, but have you ever wondered how much? The answer may surp... Read more
1 Oct 2014
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6mins
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Cucumber experiment: How to measure osmosis in a cucumber
Cucumber experiment: How to measure osmosis in a cucumber
By recording what happens when you drop cucumber into salty water you'll learn about an important process called osmosis... Read more
30 Sep 2014
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4mins
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Ice tray experiment: changing states of matter
Ice tray experiment: changing states of matter
How the physical properties of matter change at different temperatures is fundamental to life on our planet as you’ll se... Read more
30 Sep 2014
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5mins
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Yeast Experiment: measuring respiration in yeast
Yeast Experiment: measuring respiration in yeast
This experiment uses a living organism to investigate the conditions under which life grows the best.
30 Sep 2014
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5mins
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Kiwi Fruit Experiment: Finding the DNA of a kiwi fruit
Kiwi Fruit Experiment: Finding the DNA of a kiwi fruit
Turn your kitchen into a CSI lab by using some common household chemicals to isolate the DNA in the cells of a kiwi frui... Read more
30 Sep 2014
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