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This strategy helps students access prior knowledge by filling in a type of ‘ticket’ which admits them to class.

The game of billiards shows the principles of collisions, momentum & impulse, and kinetics at work!

This strategy helps students access prior knowledge and challenge assumptions about a topic.

Heavy metal is a term for some toxic chemical elements. They can cause problems like bioaccumulation, but are useful in nuclear medicine and medical imaging.

Learn the basics of how DNA can be extracted from cells.

This backgrounder explains the effects of radiation on cells and DNA.

This backgrounder has information about both cosmic & neutron radiation.

This backgrounder helps explain the laws of Orbital Mechanics, including Newton’s Laws.

Have you ever been on a ship and wondered how you’re staying afloat? The answer is buoyancy!

There’s a lot of cool chemistry in a can of pop! Learn how solubility, chemical equilibrium, acids & bases and gas laws work in some of your favourite drinks.

Learn about the electrochemistry in the batteries that power many of the devices you use every day.

Learn what makes a crystal a crystal.