Children Science facts and ideas

• The word ‘Science’ originates from the Latin word "scientia" meaning knowledge.
• Did you know that kids have more bones than adults! As you get older some of your bones fuse together. You start with 300 and end up with 206!
• Flees are mega jumpers! They can jump 130 x their own height - that is the same as a 6ft human jumping 780 feet into the air!
• Do you know what the most poisonous animal in the world is…a snake? A spider? No it’s a little frog called The Poison Arrow Frog.
• The famous Hubble Telescope weighs 12 tons (10,896 Kg) is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long and cost a huge $2.1 billion to build!
• Which planet do you think is the hottest? It is Venus with an estimated temperature of 864 F or 462 C.
• In 1946 the first electronic computer was invented and contained 18,000 tubes it was called ENIAC The Electronc Numerical Integrator and Calculator.
• Why do you think someone thought to invent a microwave to cook with? Well a man walked past a radar tube and the chocolate bar in his pocket melted and, as simple as that, the idea came to him.
• A jumbo jet carries enough fuel to take an average car around the world 4 times.
• How crazy is this, if you placed the planet Saturn in water it would float, yes float! This is because its density is lower than water…you would need quite a lot of water though!
• The lowest temperature ever recorded was -128.6 F (-89.6) at Antarctica in 1983.
• This is a funny one! Did you know that Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards?
• You know Tigers have striped fur; well, underneath they also have striped skin!
• 90% of the human body is made up of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen, that’s a lot of gas!
• The cartridge disks in the spine expand in space, so an astronaut can be up to two inches taller when he returns to earth.

Some practical points to check are:

• Do you need to provide stationery or equipment? Do these need to be purchased before the lessons start?
• Are there any text books that you need to order/pay for in advance?

There are three examination boards accredited by Ofqual. These are:

AQA –One of the leading providers of GCSEs and A Levels. Used by most secondary schools and colleges in the UK.

Edexcel – Considered the UK’s largest awarding organisation, they offer both academic and vocational qualifications and testing to schools and colleges.

OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) – Over 13,000 centres choose OCR for their A Levels and GCSEs.

Children and Young Adults

Single Award Science is the combined study of GCSE biology, chemistry and physics, and a pupil achieves one grade overall from completing the course.

Double Award Science is the combined study of GCSE biology, chemistry and physics that results in two GCSEs.

Triple Award Science delivers three separate GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
 

AS (Advanced Subsidiary) and A (Advanced) Level qualifications will focus on more traditional study skills. They generally take two years to complete full-time, however they are also available to part-time.

Adults

Science can been taken into many areas at degree level, too many to list, please click here to see the subjects available to you, where the degree can be studied and what qualification you will need to be accepted.

Qualifications of teachers/tutors

There is no minimum qualification required to tutor Science at home in the UK at present, however we would recommend you ask to see copies of qualifications held.

• Focus
• Concentration
• Mathematical
• Spelling
• Memory
• Reading
• Writing
• Motivation
• Organisation
• Vocabulary
• Discipline
• Written Communication

There are many benefits to introducing your child to a Science tutor. Closing some of the holes in their learning will enable them to catch up with or creep ahead of their peers, building their confidence and enabling them to enjoy the subject.

Whether building a young child’s confidence or assisting them with exam preparation a Science tutor is your way of helping them gain control of their learning.

Musician, Brian May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an astrophysicist having gained a Ph.D. in 2007 from Imperial College, London. The asteroid 52665 was named Brianmay in June 2008 at the request of Sir Patrick Moore.

Baroness Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013) graduated in 1947 from Somerville College, Oxford, with a Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree; in her final year she specialised in X-ray crystallography.

Charles Darwin (1809 –1882) was an English Naturalist who invented the theory of evolution which declared that evolutionary change was gradual and required thousands/millions of years.

Stephen Hawking (born January 8, 1942) is one of the most famous scientists of modern times. Despite his challenging physical impairments, he has contributed much to the world of science, helping spread his ideas to the general public with the release of books such as ‘A Brief History of Time’.

Brian Cox, OBE (born March 3, 1968) is a British Particle Physicist and BBC TV science presenter. He has helped to make science more accessible to the general public during recent years through fascinating programmes such as Wonders of the Solar System, Wonders of the Universe, Wonders of Life and Stargazing Live.

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How to make foam.

A really interesting film examining the amazing phenomenon of sonic booms!

Information about Scientist Stephen Hawking.