A solution or a mixture? Here is what you need to remember so that you don’t get confused! Mixtures A mixture is made when two or more substances are combined, but they are not combined …
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Mixtures and Solutions
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Fun Science Investigations to try out at home!
Science you can do at home! After special requests from my pupils, here are some more fun investigations you can try out at home… Lemon volcano Soda can jump Travelling water …
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Reversible and Irreversible Changes
REVERSIBLE CHANGES In a previous post, ‘What’s the matter?’, we discussed the three states of matter and how matter can change from one state to another by heating and cooling it. Changes between the states of …
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Chemical and Physical Changes
There are several differences between a physical and chemical change in matter or substances. A physical change in a substance doesn’t change what the substance is. In a chemical change where there is a chemical …
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What’s the matter? 3 States of Matter for kids
Everything around us is made of matter. Matter is made up of particles and depending on how these particles are arranged, it exists in three states: solid, liquid and gas. In solids, the particles are …
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Fossil Fuels
Humans use fuels to make energy to power machines like cars, computers and ships. People get the fuel to make all this energy, mostly by digging it out of the ground and burning it. This …
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Our Environment
When we talk about our environment we mean everything around us that surrounds and affects all life on earth. We need the environment for our basic needs, which are: oxygen food water shelter warmth Can …
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10 cool facts about the human body
Did you find this interesting? Till next time…
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More about batteries…
In 1800, Alessandro Volta invented the first battery, which came to be known as the voltaic pile. The voltaic pile consisted of pairs of copper and zinc discs piled on top of each other, separated …
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What to do during an earthquake!
More than a million earthquakes rattle the world each year! An earthquake is caused by a powerful movement of the tectonic plates, which are found below the Earth’s crust. The fast release of energy creates …
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