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A class resource/poster with a collection of facts about Solar eclipses and how to stay safe when observing one.

"At the Exploratorium, we dissect cow eyes to show people how an eye functions, and look at the parts that make up an eye. In this video, one of our staff Explainers demonstrates a cow eye dissection."

Alka-Seltzer has 8 student experiments on their website, including a very cool one that shows how pressure affects reaction rate.

Great video that explains how collimating properties help in the radiator of a car.

"How does STEM education differ between these countries? Who is doing it 'best'? We've done our research and these are the findings"

We all remember science lessons from our school days. Whether the lessons were with the more 'characteristic' teachers in the school, or whether you all released the gas taps when the teacher foolishly left the room, we all seemed to miss the link that science is life! And what an opportunity science teachers have in releasing the magic of life to their pupils, answering BIG questions like "Why am I like my parents?", or "What will my life be like in 2050?", or "Why is Pripyat a deserted town?"

Interesting voice simulator where you adjust the shape of the virtual mouth and voicebox to investigate how these work to produce sound.

"Discover how and where gold is formed… it's out of this world!"

"Detailed and engaging video about how the surface of the Earth has changed over its billions of years long history."

Nice neuroscience cheatsheet about our brains

"This program illustrates the mechanisms of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. It introduces ATP, the universal energy carrier molecules that supply energy-hungry reactions. It also shows the structure and function of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria, energy transforming organelles."

"In this edition of HowStuffWorks, we will enter the tiny world of light microscopes and examine the various technologies that let them expose what is otherwise undetectable to the human eye."

This activity teaches the four steps to drawing a scatter graph

"Graphs are a useful tool in science. The visual characteristics of a graph make trends in data easy to see. One of the most valuable uses for graphs is to "predict" data that is not measured on the graph. "