Easter Sunday falls on different dates each year but how is this date determined? Share this article with your students which explains how science is linked to Easter in a way they probably never realised. How science determines the date for Easter This year, Easter Sunday is on the 27th March, but last year it…
Easter Science – Easter egg hunt
Human reproduction themed Easter egg hunt In this egg hunt students carry out a competition searching for plastic eggs that contain questions. It can be used with students as a revision activity at the end of a topic on human reproduction at any time of the year but its particularly suitable for an Easter activity….
Smart Facts – kWh: The Cost of Electricity!
Smart Facts – kWh: The Cost of Electricity! The watt, the S.I. unit of mechanical and electrical power, was named after James Watt many years after his death. The unit he actually invented himself was the term “horse-power”. In the US and Canada each person uses 4,500 kWh per year while the UK and Germany use…
Smart Facts – The Use of Gene Banks
The use of Gene Banks Scientists are unsure of exactly how many species of living things there are on Earth. Estimates range from 8 million to 100 million. As of April 2014, Scientists have identified 5 million species living on Earth. All of the species that scientists have identified, the species we are yet…
Smart Facts – Heat and Thermal Conduction
Smart Facts – Heat and Thermal Conduction Share these fascinating facts about thermal conduction with your KS3 physics students. The heat stored by roofs, pavements, and concrete structures can raise the night temperature in cities by as much as 12o Icy seas can cause death by hypothermia. Hypothermia occurs more quickly in water, as…
Smart Facts – The Impact of Asthma
Smart Facts – The Impact of Asthma Ten fascinating biology facts about the impact of asthma to share with your KS3 science students. The term asthma comes from the ancient Greek word for panting or gasping Asthma is a condition which affects the airways – the network of tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs…
Smart Facts – Brownian motion
Smart Facts – Brownian motion Ten fascinating facts about Brownian motion to share with your KS3 science students. Brownian motion is named after Robert Brown who, in 1828, observed small particles from pollen grains moving about on the surface of water. He couldn’t explain why but he did publicly describe his observations. Robert Brown…
Smart Facts – Light Years
Smart Facts – Light Years Ten fascinating Physics facts about light years to share with your KS3 science students. The light year is a unit of distance used by astronomers, although people often mistake it for a unit of time. One light year is 9,460,000,000,000 km The light year is a unit of distance, used when expressing distances…
Smart Facts – The Human Skeleton
Smart Facts – The Human Skeleton Ten fascinating facts about the human skeleton to share with your Key Stage 3 students: The anvil, stirrup and hammer are the names of the smallest bones in your body. They are in your ears Although your bones stop growing when you are around 20, they still constantly rebuild new…