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Year 8

Year 8

  • Medicine’s blind spot
    Article

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    Medicine’s blind spot

    Biological SciencesHealth & Medical SciencesSTEM

    The data we don’t collect on sex Use this resource to demonstrate the importance of sex equality and the need...

    Years 8
  • A better way to see molecules
    Article & Video & Film

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    A better way to see molecules

    Chemical SciencesSTEM

    A new modelling system could make electron microscope pictures easy to understand. This resource is best suited to Year 8,...

    Years 8-10
  • SHIP OF FIRSTS
    Student Activity & Video & Film

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    SHIP OF FIRSTS

    Antarctic ScienceBiological SciencesEarth Sciences

    Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina has risen to the challenges of its first Antarctic voyage, notching up an impressive list of firsts. During...

    Years 7-10
  • Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine
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    Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM

    American researchers have used long-established technology to create a COVID vaccine that’s easy to make and store; clinical trials are...

    Years 8-10
  • Why is there asymmetry in nature?
    Video & Film, Article, SCINEMA & Student Activity

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    Why is there asymmetry in nature?

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM

    From lefty snails to deadly chemicals, asymmetry in nature is more common than you think. Use the free student activity...

    Years 3, 5, 8 & 10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Sticky Business
    Student Activity, Article & Teacher Resource

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    COSMOS Magazine: Sticky Business

    Chemical SciencesBiological SciencesSTEM

    Ever wondered why some things are sticky and others aren’t? Applied mathematician SOPHIE CALABRETTO explains the chemical attraction of garlic...

    Years 5 & 8-10
  • Mathematics of scale: big, small and everything in between
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    Mathematics of scale: big, small and everything in between

    Mathematical SciencesBiological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    Fractals are a critical tool for measuring and understanding the mathematics of scale. This intriguing article works well with all...

    Years 8-10
  • Message in a bottle
    STEM Pack & Article

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    Message in a bottle

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM

    Messenger RNA technology, so long in the wings, has leapt from understudy to main act. Its deceptively simple technology has...

    Years 8-12
  • Eunice Newton Foote’s long-forgotten climate-science discovery
    Article, SCINEMA & Video & Film

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    Eunice Newton Foote’s long-forgotten climate-science discovery

    Earth SciencesHistory of STEMPhysical SciencesSTEMSTEM in Action

    Eunice Netwon Foote, a women’s rights campaigner was also the first to hypothesise that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere would...

    Years 8 & 10
  • Fish built with plastic and heart cells swims for three months
    Article & Video & Film

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    Fish built with plastic and heart cells swims for three months

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEngineeringTechnology

    Bio-hybrid mechanism regrew muscles, paving way for bio-artificial hearts. A world of biological robots is just a heartbeat away. Artificial...

    Years 4-5 & 7-10
  • How cochlear implants work…and when they don’t
    Student Activity & Video & Film

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    How cochlear implants work…and when they don’t

    Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Today, February 25th is International Cochlear Implant Day. The celebration is all in memory of the first cochlear implant in...

    Years 8-9
  • How does carbon capture and storage work?
    Article & Student Activity

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    How does carbon capture and storage work?

    Earth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    One approach to the control of carbon emissions is carbon capture. This excellent explainer article discusses the different forms of...

    Years 6-8 & 10

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