- SCIENCE
- WHAT DO SCIENTISTS DO?
- WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
- WHY DO SCIENTISTS PERFORM EXPERIMENTS?
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- TECHNOLOGY
- HOW ARE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LINKED?
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- MATHEMATICS
- WHAT ARE MATHEMATICAL MODELS?
- WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC NOTATION?
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- MEASUREMENTS
- WHAT IS A MEASUREMENT SCALE?
- WHO MADE THE FIRST MEASUREMENTS?
- HOW ARE MEASUREMENT UNITS FIXED?
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- MATTER
- WHERE DOES MATTER COME FROM?
- WHAT ARE STATES OF MATTER?
- WHAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES?
- MASS
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- ATOMS
- HOW BIG IS AN ATOM?
- WHAT’S INSIDE AN ATOM?
- HOW CAN ATOMS BE SPLIT?
- ATOMIC STRUCTURE
- MOLECULES
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- TIME
- HOW DO WE MEASURE TIME?
- DOES TIME BEGIN AND END?
- BIOGRAPHY: ALBERT EINSTEIN German, 1879–1955
- RELATIVITY
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- QUANTUM THEORY
- WHAT IS A QUANTUM?
- WHY IS QUANTUM THEORY SO STRANGE?
- HOW DO SCIENTISTS USE QUANTUM THEORY?
- BIOGRAPHY: MAX PLANCK German, 1858–1947
- QUANTUM LEAP
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- ELEMENTS
- HOW MANY ELEMENTS ARE THERE?
- WHICH ARE THE MOST COMMON ELEMENTS?
- METALS
- PERIODIC TABLE
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- CHEMISTRY
- WHAT IS A CHEMICAL?
- WHAT ARE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES?
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- CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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- PHYSICS
- WHAT DO PHYSICISTS STUDY?
- WHAT ARE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES?
- HOW DO PHYSICISTS WORK?
- BIOGRAPHY: SIR ISAAC NEWTON English, 1642–1727
- EQUATIONS
- APPLIED PHYSICS
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- FORCES
- WHAT CAN FORCES DO?
- HOW CAN YOU MEASURE A FORCE?
- WHAT ARE BALANCED FORCES?
- GRAVITY
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- MOTION
- WHAT IS ACCELERATION?
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- ENERGY
- WHAT FORMS CAN ENERGY TAKE?
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- DOES ENERGY GET USED UP?
- KINETIC
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- NUCLEAR ENERGY
- WHAT ARE FUSION AND FISSION?
- HOW IS A NUCLEAR REACTION CONTROLLED?
- RADIOACTIVITY
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- HEAT
- HOW DOES HEAT FLOW?
- WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF HEAT TRANSFER?
- CAN WE SEE HEAT?
- TEMPERATURE
- THERMOMETERS
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- MATERIALS
- WHAT ARE MATERIALS’ PROPERTIES?
- HOW STRONG IS A SPIDERWEB?
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- SYNTHETICS
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- CHANGING MATERIALS
- HOW DO CHEMICAL REACTIONS CHANGE MATERIALS?
- RUSTING IRON
- WHAT MAKES GLUE STICK?
- HOW DOES HEAT CHANGE MATERIALS?
- REVERSIBLE CHANGES
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- MIXTURES
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MIXTURE AND A COMPOUND?
- DO SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES MIX?
- WHY IS IT EASIER TO MIX THAN TO SEPARATE?
- SOLUTION
- DIFFUSION
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- SEPARATING MIXTURES
- HOW CAN SOLIDS BE SEPARATED?
- HOW DOES DISTILLATION WORK?
- HOW ARE GASES SEPARATED?
- FILTRATION
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- ALLOYS
- ARE ALLOYS STRONGER THAN PURE METALS?
- DO ALLOYS MELT EASILY?
- WHO FIRST USED ALLOYS?
- SOLDER
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- NEW MATERIALS
- HOW ARE NEW MATERIALS MADE?
- WHAT PROPERTIES SHOULD NEW MATERIALS HAVE?
- WHY IS CARBON FIBER SO STRONG?
- SMART MATERIALS
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- SOUND
- HOW ARE SOUNDS MADE?
- HOW DO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MAKE MUSIC?
- WHY ARE SOUNDS DIFFERENT?
- WHAT IS RESONANCE?
- SOUND FREQUENCY
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- LIGHT
- WHAT IS LIGHT?
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- WHAT ARE SHADOWS?
- WHAT MAKES SOME MATERIALS OPAQUE?
- REFLECTION
- REFRACTION
- LASER
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- COLOR
- WHAT IS THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM?
- WHAT ARE PRIMARY COLORS?
- HOW MANY COLORS CAN WE SEE?
- DISPERSION
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- LENSES
- WHAT DOES A LENS DO?
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MICROSCOPE AND A TELESCOPE?
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- ELECTRICITY
- WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
- HOW MANY FORMS OF ELECTRICITY ARE THERE?
- HOW DO MATERIALS BECOME CHARGED?
- ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION
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- MAGNETISM
- WHAT ARE MAGNETIC POLES?
- WHAT ARE MAGNETIC MATERIALS?
- HOW DOES A MAGNETIC COMPASS WORK?
- MAGNETIC DOMAINS
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- CIRCUITS
- WHAT IS AN ELECTRIC CURRENT?
- WHEN DOES CURRENT FLOW IN A CIRCUIT?
- WHAT MAKES CURRENT FLOW IN A CIRCUIT?
- BATTERY
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- ELECTROMAGNETISM
- HOW DOES ELECTRICITY CREATE MAGNETISM?
- HOW DOES MAGNETISM PRODUCE ELECTRICITY?
- WHAT DO GENERATORS DO?
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- ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
- HOW ARE MOST GENERATORS POWERED?
- WHAT IS THE POWER GRID?
- WHAT IS ALTERNATING CURRENT?
- POWER GRID
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- ELECTRONICS
- WHAT IS AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL?
- WHAT ARE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS?
- WHAT IS A TRANSISTOR?
- SEMICONDUCTORS
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- MICROCHIPS
- WHAT DO MICROCHIPS DO?
- HOW ARE MICROCHIPS MADE?
- WHAT IS BINARY CODE?
- LOGIC GATES
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- COMPUTERS
- WHAT IS MEMORY?
- WHAT IS A MICROPROCESSOR?
- HOW IS VIRTUAL REALITY CREATED?
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- INTERNET
- HOW DOES THE INTERNET WORK?
- WHAT IS THE WORLD WIDE WEB?
- WHAT IS HYPERTEXT?
- BIOGRAPHY: TIM BERNERS LEE British, 1955- MARC ANDREESSEN American, 1971-
- SEARCH ENGINES
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- NETWORKS
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- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
- HOW DOES A TELEPHONE WORK?
- HOW DOES A RADIO WORK?
- HOW DOES A TELEVISION WORK?
- HOW DOES A CELL PHONE WORK?
- BIOGRAPHY: GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian, 1874-1937
- ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
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- ROBOTS
- WHAT CAN ROBOTS DO?
- HOW DO ROBOTS SENSE?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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- NANOTECHNOLOGY
- WHAT IS A NANOMACHINE?
- WHAT IS SELF-ASSEMBLY?
- ARE THERE ANY DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY?
- CARBON COMPUTER
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- MACHINES
- WHAT IS MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE?
- HOW IS A MACHINE’S EFFICIENCY MEASURED?
- LEVERS
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- ENGINES
- WHAT IS A HEAT ENGINE?
- WHAT IS AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE?
- HOW DOES A STEAM ENGINE WORK?
- HOW DOES A JET ENGINE WORK?
- GASOLINE ENGINE
- BIOGRAPHY: FRANK WHITTLE English, 1907-1996
- TURBINES
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- TRANSPORTATION
- WHAT IS A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM?
- HOW EFFICIENT ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION?
- WHAT IS A SCIENTIST’S ROLE IN TRANSPORTATION?
- HOW ARE AIRCRAFT CONTROLLED IN THE AIR?
- CONGESTION
- FREIGHT
- ROAD SAFETY
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- CONSTRUCTION
- WHAT DOES AN ARCHITECT DO?
- HOW ARE BUILDING MATERIALS CHOSEN?
- HOW IS A ROAD BUILT?
- MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
- ENGINEERING
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- INDUSTRY
- WHAT ARE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES?
- WHERE ARE INDUSTRIES LOCATED?
- WHAT IS A COTTAGE INDUSTRY?
- RAW MATERIALS
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- MANUFACTURING
- WHERE DO NEW PRODUCTS COME FROM?
- WHAT IS MASS PRODUCTION?
- BIOGRAPHY: HENRY FORD American, 1863–1947
- PRODUCTION LINE
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- CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
- WHAT DOES A CHEMICAL PLANT DO?
- HOW ARE ACIDS AND ALKALIS USED?
- DRILLING FOR OIL
- OIL REFINERY
- AGROCHEMICALS
- PHARMACEUTICALS
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- BIOTECHNOLOGY
- HOW DO WE USE MICROBES?
- WHAT ARE ANTIBIOTICS?
- BIOGRAPHY: SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING Scottish, 1881-1955
- FERMENTATION
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- GENETICS
- WHAT IS THE GENETIC CODE?
- WHAT IS A GENOME?
- BIOGRAPHY: FRANCIS CRICK English, 1916-
JAMES WATSON American, 1928-
- HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
- DNA FINGERPRINT
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- GENETIC ENGINEERING
- WHAT IS GENETIC VARIATION?
- HOW CAN WE MANIPULATE GENES?
- GM FOOD
- CLONES
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