Futurecade
Futurecade is an innovative interactive suite of games from the Science Museum that allows students to explore how science and technology impacts on their everyday lives. Futurecade’s four games are inspired by current and future technology in the fields of robotics, satellites and space junk, geo-engineering and synthetic…
5/5- Publication year: 2010 to date
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How to Produce Neurotransmitters That Make You Feel Healthy
In this video, produced by the Science Museum, the Punk Science team look at the effects of the food we eat on neurotransmitters in the brain. They show an experiment comparing the effects of exercise, different foods and laughter on health; and explain that these cause changes in seratonin and dopamine levels.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
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Drug Trials - the Punk Science Way
In this video, produced by the Science Museum, the Punk Science team show how drug trials are carried out. They conduct an experiment which shows the effects of melatonin, comparing the reactions of subjects who have taken a melatonin supplement or a placebo pill.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
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How to Save the Planet and Be Cool
In this Science Museum video, the Punk Science team show some of the changes needed to help prevent climate change, focusing on reuse, recycling and reducing waste. Many ways of reducing waste are shown in the form of a photo diary. The issues of food miles and vehicle emissions are also addressed.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
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How to Punk Your Science
In this video, produced by the Science Museum, the Punk Science team explain the fun methods that they use to demonstrate scientific concepts to school students. They aim to be engaging and imaginative, to give interpretations of different theories and include all students in three-dimensional, participatory demonstrations. The…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
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Nanotechnology Song
In this engaging video clip, produced by the Science Museum, the Punk Science team explains the science of nanotechnology in the form of a song. The song explains why we need microscopes to see nanoparticles, how it is possible to examine how materials behave and that nanotechnology leads to scientific breakthroughs. The song is…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
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How Might the Universe End?
In this fun science video, the Science Museum's Punk Science team look at the three main theories about how the universe might end. They start by looking at the big bang and the beginnings of the universe. They then demonstrate the three possible causes of the end of the universe: the Big Crunch, the Big Chill and Dark Energy.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
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