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Low cost, high impact: try these creative and engaging experiments that use inexpensive everyday materials to bring curriculum science to life.
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Learn about a variety of biochemical processes with these quick, simple experiments using one of the world’s favourite fruits.
Read moreLow cost, high impact: try these creative and engaging experiments that use inexpensive everyday materials to bring curriculum science to life.
Sounds good: try some simple activities that use robots to explore the basic properties of sound waves – reflection, absorption, and propagation.
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