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The Search for Aliens

Subject(s): Science | Physics | How science works | Age: 11-14 | 14-16 | Type: Activity sheet | Publication Year: 2000 - 2009
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This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative shows that scientists do not always have the answer. This can be because it is very difficult to collect the evidence. A good example is the question ‘is intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy?’

Contents
• Questions
• Making contacts
• Is there intelligent life out there?
• Clues
• Looking at uncertainty
• Teachers’ notes

  • URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx7qb
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