62 results found for 11-14-year-olds

Yadvinder works in the Geography department at Oxford University. He looks at how human activity and especially carbon dioxide emissions have changed the ecosystems of tropical rainforests. This work takes him on regular trips to his two research sit....

A brief look at the Physics behind sending signals along cables and via geostationary satellites. An experiment to measure the speed of an electrical pulse in a cable is described and the Physics of the orbits of communcations satellites is develope....

How bacteria can be used to solve a variety of environmental problems.

An introduction to acids and bases using simple kitchen equipment and some 'invisible ink'.

How simple algebra can be used to investigate cubes and other polyhedra up to icosahedra.

A simple introduction to our ideas about where the elements which make up the Earth originated.

Harry gives an introduction to the difficulty of writing large numbers in Roman Numerals

Development of the ideas which persuaded us to accept the theory of atoms and molecules as constituents of matter.

A brief introduction to getting over the problems of representing a sphere on a flat sheet.

How simple algebra can be used to investigate cubes and other polyhedra up to icosahedra.

Mutiplying and dividing fractions: a systematic approach to this perennial problem.

An Internet Buckyball workshop to 80 young children in Iceland which worked extremely well. It was the first test of the FSU Internet GEO project.