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When you accidentally cut yourself while helping your mother peel potatoes or when you gain a bruise after playing football, you are actually witnessing blood at work. Blood delivers the nutrients needed by the different parts of the body. When you have enough blood, you are able to think, play and study at optimum levels.
Posted on 6th Nov 2010 | in
Plants
All around you, there are cells. A cell is the smallest biologic unit that is able to live on its own or which has the potential to live. So how big is a cell? There are some cells that you can see without a microscope such as the egg yolks of birds. However, most cells [...]
In your daily activities, you probably use the term “bonding” to refer to the activities you do with your best friends aka “bonding sessions”. If you have helped your dad or mom fix something in the house with glue, then you might also have used the same term. In Chemistry, this term has a similar [...]
The digestive system is the process by which our body, organs and chemicals break down the food which we eat. Which body parts (Organs) are used in the digestive Process? The mouth: is where you chew your food and it is also where the process of digestion actually begins. By mushing food down thoroughly with [...]
Posted on 6th Nov 2010 | in
Plants
Very few plants can actually trap their own food and none can go grocery shopping so plants need to make their food by themselves if they want to eat! Plants are fortunate as they are the only living organisms that can make their own food. How do they do this? They make their food by [...]
Posted on 16th Feb 2011 | in
Physics
Did you know that color, according to research and studies, is a mere sensation and not an object or property? Color is actually just a visual effect caused by the eye, which can react in various ways to differentiate wavelengths of light. Therefore, an object reflecting light of a certain wavelength will appear to be [...]
Posted on 17th Oct 2010 | in
Plants
Leaves are the plants food factory. A leaf is a flat, thin plant organ that uses the sun to make its own food. In general leaves are green and use the chemical called chlorophyll to trap energy from the sun. This process is known as Photosynthesis. The energy is used to combine water from the [...]
Posted on 17th Jan 2012 | in
Physics
My kids are fascinated by sound. Maybe it’s because they are very good at making lots of it! But what causes sound? Sound occurs when an object vibrates. When an object moves back and forth we say it vibrates. When something vibrates (like your voice box) it causes the molecules around it to also vibrate, [...]
Teeth are small, calcified, white structures found along the jaws of most humans and animals. Humans have two sets of teeth in a lifetime. Adult humans have 32 teeth. Humans first set of teeth are called milk teeth. Children have 20 primary (milk) teeth and generally these will have all been replaced by second teeth [...]
Everything in the world is made up of matter. Matter is made up of small building blocks called atoms. The idea of all matter being made up of small building blocks that cannot be divided into smaller pieces dates back to a Greek philosopher named Democritus of Abdera who lived in 430 BC. He named [...]
The word ‘ecosystem‘ is short for ecological system. An ecosystem is where living creatures thrive within a given area. You can say that an ecosystem is the natural environment where biological organisms such as plants, animals and humans co-exist in this world. So naturally that includes you and me. Yes, we are all members of [...]
Posted on 19th Jan 2013 | in
Physics
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to work on their own and to investigate and solve problems as scientists do. Kids are naturally inquisitive and therefore naturally scientific so visit us regularly for lots of fantastic science play ideas for children. Here’s a comic sketch that teaches Loghlen, Luke and Leah a basic scientific concept i.e. [...]
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