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Power Station Project. A science activity sheet resource
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Power Station Project

The Power Station Project is a simulated case study from the Science in Society series dealing with the various decisions that have to be made when a new power station is being planned. It was designed as an integral part of the Energy section of the Science in Society course. It is assumed that an Electricity Generating Board is…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
  • Activity sheet
Earth Science Podcasts. A science, how science works audio resource
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Earth Science Podcasts

Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), these naked Scientist podcasts look at Earth science questions in an accessible and informative way. Antarctica This podcast looks at how scientists in the South African National Antarctic Programme are studying the weather in space by monitoring the earth's…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Stephen Sparks. A science activity sheet resource
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Stephen Sparks

Steven Sparks was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. At the time, Professor Steve Sparks was the Director of the Centre for Environmental and Geophysical Flows at Bristol University.…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
The Geological Mappers. A science video resource
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The Geological Mappers

From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video describes a week with a British Geological Survey team as they navigate sand dunes in order to produce a geological map of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Use the video to help students consider why a country needs to have a geological map and what does it reveal about the fundamental…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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space:uk - Winter 2011, Issue 33. A science, earth science information sheet resource
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space:uk - Winter 2011, Issue 33

This issue of space:uk, published by the UK Space Agency, focuses on the planet Mercury and the spacecraft being designed and built with the aim of investigating the 'weird' planet. The issue reports on current news stories including the launch of the two Galileo 'In-Orbit Validation' (IOV) spacecraft, new missions…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
space:uk - Spring 2012, Issue 34. A science, physics information sheet resource
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space:uk - Spring 2012, Issue 34

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains a variety of news stories and features on: • Green planet - how space is helping to save one of the world's more valuable resources • Space, time and LISA - the UK-built mission to invesitgate ripples in space and time • Free-fall science -…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
The Voyages. A science, earth science video resource
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The Voyages

This Cape Farewell video clip provides a general introduction to the voyage of The Noorderlicht to Svalbard and to the Cape Farewell scientists Simon, Val and Sarah. The scientists discuss their work with two teachers, Mike and Subathra. The presentation called Setting the Scene complements the first video clip by providing a…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Science in the Environment Pack 3: Atmosphere and Climate. A science activity sheet resource
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Science in the Environment Pack 3: Atmosphere and Climate

The University of York Science Education Group ensured that all the Science in the Environment packs were organised according to broad environmental themes. Within each pack, a number of specific contexts were used to introduce the science content. In addition, each pack focused on the acquisition of particular skills and introduced…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Earth and Weather. A science, earth science textbook resource
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Earth and Weather

The Ginn Science level five students’ book Earth and Weather was written for students in Year Five (Primary Six) aged 9 to 10 years, and published in 1990. It relates to the content strand Earth and space. With the help of full colour illustrations it provides information about the Earth's orbit around the sun, the seasons,…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
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Weather. A science, earth science textbook resource
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Weather

Ginn Science level three students’ book Weather was written for students aged seven to eight years and published in 1989. It contains 24 pages and related to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. Using full-colour illustrations, it begins by discussing different kinds of weather and distinguishes weather from climate.…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
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The Rainy Day. A science textbook resource
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The Rainy Day

The Ginn Science story book The Rainy Day was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of a family visiting a park and caught in a sudden rainstorm…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
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Ginn Science: Year Two Resource File. A science, biology teacher guidance resource
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Ginn Science: Year Two Resource File

Ginn Science Year Two Resource File for teachers was first published in 1988 and revised in 1995 to accommodate the 1995 National Curriculum in England and Wales. The revised file, of over 200 pages, contains full instructions for use of the materials provided to support science throughout Year Two in England or Primary Three in…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Teacher guidance
Follow the Footprints. A science textbook resource
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Follow the Footprints

The Ginn Science story book Follow the Footprints was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. In full-colour illustrations it tells a story of two children following footprints and tracks in mud, soft sand and left after…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
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Summertime. A science textbook resource
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Summertime

The Ginn Science story book about Summertime was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. It illustrates, in full colour, the activities what a boy likes to be able to do and wear in summer, with a short sentence on each…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
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Winter. A science textbook resource
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Winter

The Ginn Science story book about Winter was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. Through full-colour illustrations and no words it depicts various winter scenes showing people in thick warm clothing involved in activities…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
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The Weather Forecast. A science textbook resource
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The Weather Forecast

The Ginn Science information book The Weather Forecast was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1991. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’ and shows how the television weather forecast represents different types of weather on the map and shows what each type…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
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Ginn Science: Year One Resource File. A science teacher guidance resource
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Ginn Science: Year One Resource File

Ginn Science Year One Resource File for teachers was first published in 1988 and revised in 1995 to accommodate the 1995 National Curriculum in England and Wales. The revised file, of over 200 pages, contains full instructions for use of the materials provided to support science throughout Year One in England or Primary Two in Scotland…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
  • Teacher guidance
Science: the Salters Approach – Book 4. A science, physics textbook resource
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Science: the Salters Approach – Book 4

This textbook accompanied the five modules in second half of Year 11 in the Salters' Science course at Key Stage Four. Contents • The Earth In Space • Evolution • Sports Science • Burning and Bonding • Energy Today and Tomorrow

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
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Science: the Salters Approach – Book 3. A science textbook resource
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Science: the Salters Approach – Book 3

This textbook accompanied the first five modules in Year 11 in the Salters' Science course at Key Stage Four. Contents • Seeing Inside the Body • Controlling Change • Making Use of Oil • Sound Reproduction • Waste Not Want Not

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
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Science: the Salters Approach – Book 1. A science textbook resource
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Science: the Salters Approach – Book 1

This textbook accompanied the first six modules in Year 10 of the Salters' Science course at Key Stage Four. Contents • Energy matters • Keeping healthy • Transporting chemicals • Construction materials • Moving on • Food for thought

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Textbook
Protecting Geological Heritage. A science audio resource
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Protecting Geological Heritage

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The UK is literally full of geology - so much so that many names of geological periods come from names of regions of the country, the most well-known being the Devonian (after Devon) and the Cambrian (the old name for Wales). In…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Audio
Ocean Currents and Great Tits. A science audio resource
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Ocean Currents and Great Tits

In this podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Richard Hollingham talks to Professor Meric Srokosz from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton about a new European Space Agency satellite, which was due to be launched on 2 November 2009. From onboard the RV Callista…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Audio
Butterflies, Buoys and the English Channel. A science audio resource
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Butterflies, Buoys and the English Channel

In this podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Sue Nelson goes to the Eden Project in Cornwall, southwest England and to the South Downs in southeast England to find out what butterfly research is telling us about climate change. As well as the bad news, there is good…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Audio
Antarctica, Wild Geese and Ash Plumes. A science audio resource
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Antarctica, Wild Geese and Ash Plumes

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Richard Hollingham finds out that the freezing seas around Antarctica are not barren and lifeless. The Census of Marine Life is building up a picture of the richness and diversity of life in the world's oceans and has so…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Audio
Leeches, Earthquakes and Weird Sea-life. A science audio resource
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Leeches, Earthquakes and Weird Sea-life

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). In this recording, Richard Hollingham talks to expert seismologist Brian Baptie from the British Geological Survey, who uses musical software to find out if earthquakes are getting more frequent. Another report comes from Plymouth…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Audio
Orangutans, Green Buildings and an Antarctic GP. A science audio resource
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Orangutans, Green Buildings and an Antarctic GP

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). With efforts to improve energy efficiency focused on green transport, sustainable power generation, growing your own food and reducing waste, it is often easy to forget that the very buildings we live and work in could also be made…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Audio
Spreading aliens, Arctic experience, and Antarctica. A science audio resource
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Spreading aliens, Arctic experience, and Antarctica

This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at how hikers and walkers could be unwittingly changing the landscape by spreading alien species; what it's like to work as a marine biologist in the Arctic in temperatures of minus 40°C; and exactly how stable…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Audio
Bowerbirds, a Yellow Sub and Measuring CO2. A science audio resource
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Bowerbirds, a Yellow Sub and Measuring CO2

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Richard Hollingham finds out that bowerbirds are not just brilliant at making elaborate bowers, they are also good at mimicking other birds and most other sounds they hear, including human voices. He also goes to a Scottish forest…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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The Risks of Following the Herd, and Banded Mongooses. A science audio resource
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The Risks of Following the Herd, and Banded Mongooses

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Have you ever noticed that when you cross a busy road, as well as clocking the traffic, you subconsciously follow what your neighbours do? Scientists have recently put a figure on this and worked out that people are 2.5 times…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Volcanic Ash from Iceland, and Sediment Time Machines. A science audio resource
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Volcanic Ash from Iceland, and Sediment Time Machines

This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at how the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland gave scientists an unparalleled opportunity for research, and why sediment from rivers like the Thames can act like time machines to bygone eras. On…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Palm Oil Plantations, Charcoal, and a Flea Circus. A science audio resource
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Palm Oil Plantations, Charcoal, and a Flea Circus

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Does your shopping basket contain chocolate, biscuits and shampoo? If it does, you may be unwittingly contributing to the destruction of the some of the world's pristine rainforests. Manufacturers now use palm oil in a huge…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Plastics in the Oceans and Tracking Satellites. A science audio resource
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Plastics in the Oceans and Tracking Satellites

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Scientists recently found plastics floating in some of the most remote and inaccessible seas in the world, just off the coast of Antarctica. Although it clearly looks ugly in such a pristine environment, scientists are more concerned…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Audio

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