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Alarming Clock

5F Changing sounds
A "woodpecker clock" invented by a 22-year-old student has replaced the annoying clangs and buzzes of traditional alarms with a gentle tappin...

Sorting Out the Oil Spill

5_6H Enquiry in environmental and technological co
Crude oil has been flowing from a leaking Gulf of Mexico pipe since the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, leased by BP, exploded off th...

Ash Cloud Chaos

4D Solids and liquids
The Eyjafjallajoekull volcano, under a glacier in Iceland, erupted. British airspace was closed for 6 days in April 2010, again in early May a...

     
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Darwin 200 free activities

As part of the Darwin 200 celebrations, ASE's Primary upd8 team has been working with The Open University's Evolution Megalab to provide free activities for school pupils.

KS1 5-7

Snail Hunt

KS2 7-11

Snail Space

Snail Hunt

This activity introduces pupils to Darwin's ideas on evolution by looking at variation, adaptation and distribution of banded snails. In this activity children use the correct vocabulary to describe habitats and different banded snails. Pupils take part in practical science, collecting snails and collating data and are shown how information that they collect relates to, and can be included on, the EvolutionMegalab website. www.evolutionmegalab.org

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Snail Space

In this activity children will use the correct vocabulary to describe habitats and different banded snails (Cepaea snails - pronounced 'see-pee-ah'). Pupils take part in practical science, collecting snails and collating data and are shown how this information relates to, and can be included on, the EvolutionMegalab website www.evolutionmegalab.org which encourages children to accurately record their snail finds on a giant database to find out if and how the snail population is changing.

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