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Shown is a collection of coloured pencil crayons lined up in different sizes to look like a bar chart.

Data as Art

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Learn about how data can be used to blend math and art.

Earthworms living in healthy black soil

Healthy Soil

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Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.

Red-coloured tray of seedlings in soil

Sample Size And Reproducibility

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Learn how scientists use sample size and reproducibility to develop experiments.

Vegetables and fruits on display

Plant Pigments

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Why are there so many colours of plants? Learn about plant pigments and their role in plants.

Pepper plants on the ISS

Tropisms in Plants

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Learn about the different ways that plants move in response to their environments.

Plant Cells with Visible Chloroplasts

Specialized Cells of the Leaf System

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Learn about the structure and function of the cells in leaves.

Seedling with sunlight

Light & Plants

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Learn about the process of photosynthesis and how it is affected by light levels.

Two girls exploring plant life in the woods

Developing a Hypothesis

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Learn what makes a good hypothesis, and how to develop one.

A measuring tape wrapped around a tomato

Precision and Accuracy

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Learn about precision and accuracy and why they are important in science.

Tomato plants grow in a greenhouse

Bias and Sources of Error

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Learn how scientists identify and minimize bias and sources of error to produce accurate results.

A tomato labelled with a question mark

Asking Testable Questions

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Learn how scientists come up with experimental or testable questions.

Three types of tomatoes

Identifying Variables

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Learn how scientists define independent, dependent and controlled variables in experimental inquiry.

Seedlings in various stages of growth

Setting Up a Fair Test

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Learn how scientists set up fair tests using comparison and variables.

NASA Environmental Control and Life Support System

Life Support in Space - Closed Systems

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Learn how astronauts survive in the International Space Station.

Astronaut Daniel Tani in the ISS

Home Sweet Home In Space

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Learn about the history of space stations and how they help us learn about space.