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| Hearing trouble |
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E O'Carroll,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2010, Vol 20, Issue 4,
pages 12-14.
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| Summary:
Restored Hearing' is a business which grew out of a school science project; it provides therapy for sufferers of temporary tinnitus, a debilitating hearing condition caused by exposure to loud noises. |
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making measurements, representing and interpreting data, devising theories, working together, careers in science, sound |
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hearing, sound waves, tinnitus, cochlea, business, competition
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| Molecules from the past |
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L Cramp, F Gill,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2010, Vol 20, Issue 3,
pages 1-4.
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Analysing molecular residues in ancient objects reveals how people and animals once lived. |
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representing and interpreting data, atoms and atomic structure, qualitative analysis (e.g. testing for ions and flame tests), instrumental analysis |
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analysis, chromatography, mass spectroscopy, archaeology
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| Plasma prominences and cosmic rays |
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P Hatfield,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2009, Vol 20, Issue 1,
pages 1-3.
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Using remote telescopes and detecting cosmic rays |
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making measurements, representing and interpreting data, working together, electromagnetic spectrum, astronomy, solar system |
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exoplanets, cosmic rays, modelling, plasma
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| Ignaz Semmelweis: Saviour of mothers |
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J Hammacott,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2009, Vol 20, Issue 1,
pages 4-5.
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The discovery of puerperal fever |
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representing and interpreting data, devising theories, testing theories, Reproduction, Infectious diseases |
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infectious disease, theory, testing, childbirth
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| Nature needs you: Labs without walls |
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L Stowe,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2009, Vol 20, Issue 1,
pages 13-15.
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The Open-Air Laboratory (OPAL) project |
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making measurements, data and its limitations, representing and interpreting data, working together, environmental impact, Human impact on Planet Earth |
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survey, distribution map, identification, laboratory
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| To sleep … perchance to dream |
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A Skinner,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2008, Vol 18, Issue 4,
pages 6-8.
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We can study the electrical activity of the brain during slep. But why do we sleep? Nobody really knows! |
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representing and interpreting data, Exercise, breathing, respiration, devising theories, testing theories, Control mechanisms |
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Sleep, Brain activity, Scientific theory, Falsifiable
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| Battle of the barnacles |
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G Skinner,
Catalyst:
Secondary Science Review,
2008, Vol 18, Issue 3,
pages 9-12e.
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Biologists look for patterns in the distribution of barnacle species on the sea shore, and seek to interpret them. |
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representing and interpreting data, testing theories, Biodiversity, Adaptation, Ecosystem ecology, energy, nutrient cycles, Human impact on Planet Earth |
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Molluscs, Competition, Experimental ecology, Surveying, Rocky shore
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