INSIDE A SEEDSPREADING WITHOUT SEEDSGERMINATION OF A RUNNER BEANFRUITSFIND OUT MOREMost plants grow from seeds. These seed plants fall into two groups, angiosperms and gymnosperms. Angiosperms…
GATHERING BARKMEDICINAL JUICEFROM PLANTS TO MEDICINESFIND OUT MOREMany plants produce special substances in their roots, leaves, flowers, or seeds that help them to survive. For example, some…
THE FOSSIL RECORDRADIOMETRIC DATINGFIND OUT MOREGeologists (scientists who study rocks) divide the time since the Earth was formed until today into chunks called periods. During the various…
PARTS OF THE SYSTEM NEURONS PARTS OF THE BRAIN NERVES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM REFLEXES FIND OUT MORE
The nervous system is the body’s main control system. It is made up of the CENTRAL…
THE BIRTH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEMPLANETSMOONSOur tiny corner of the Universe is dominated by a star we call the Sun. Trapped in the gravity of the Sun is a huge family of bodies – PLANETS…
EVAPORATIONCONVECTIONCONDUCTIONRADIATIONFIND OUT MOREHeat energy can be transferred from one place to another by three main processes. In CONVECTION, heat energy is carried by the movement of…
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONNUCLEAR FISSIONNUCLEAR FUSIONBIOGRAPHY: LISE MEITNER Austro-Swedish, 1878-1968FIND OUT MOREAtoms are small but can release lots of energy. When an unstable atom changes into a more…
ALL EXTREME FABRICAEROGEL FOAMCOMET DUST COLLECTORSTARDUSTCOMET WILD 2CONDUCTIVE FABRICSFABRIC MOBILE PHONESMART MATERIALSFIND OUT MOREMaterials scientists develop and test new materials that do…
DIESEL TANKER TRUCKELECTRIC CARSFIND OUT MOREVehicles use engines of different kinds to move people and cargo from place to place. Most cars and motorbikes have petrol engines, but vans and…
EXTRACTING SALTSPLITTING SALT AND WATERMAKING PIGMENTSPAINT MANUFACTUREPETROCHEMICALSPHARMACEUTICALSFIND OUT MOREMaterials from the chemical industry are all around us. They include chemicals to…
