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Map how far the sun is from the moon
By BookStore on September 22, 20150The moon is approximately 380,000 km from the earth and the sun is about 1,500,000,000 km away from the...
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Make a spring balance to compare the weight of various objects
By BookStore on September 22, 2015'Gravity' is the force with which the earth attracts bodies near its surface. All objects have weight because the...
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Make a see-saw candle
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Two identical objects can be 'balanced' when suspended from a horizontal beam at an equal distance from a centre...
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Learn about the speed of various falling objects
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Gravity can be explained as the force with which the earth attracts bodies near its surface. Gravity causes a...
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Defying gravity with centrifugal force
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Gravity can be explained as the force with which the earth attracts bodies near its surface. You will know...
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Study the effect your location in a tall building have on gravitational pull
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Even though some forces exist in nature that we are unable to see, we still are able to see...
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Study the force of gravity with this simple experiment
By BookStore on September 22, 2015A scientist called 'Galileo', put forward the theory that all objects are pulled down to earth due to gravity,...
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Find some rare earth metals in ordinary garden soil
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Feel like doing some mining for rare metals in your own garden? The dirt in ordinary garden soil can...
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Measure the extend of creeping soil on hillsides
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Hillsides are prone to moving or 'creeping' soil where the soil creeps along in a gradual downward flow. Use...
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Use the continents of today as puzzle pieces to reconstruct the past
By BookStore on September 22, 2015Scientists believe that all present continents were once joined together and collectively known as a 'supercontinent' called a Pangaea....