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For each Science Year theme why not
offer prizes to pupils who come up
with the best answers to these everyday
science questions? The prizes could
be tickets to a local science centre
museum or your local cinema, which
they often give away free to good
causes. To increase the profile of
your Science Year and engage other
teachers across the school you could
run one a week during form-time. Pupils
will need to do a little research
to find these answers. You can find
these questions and many more at www.newscientist.com,
the homepage for New Scientist
magazine.
These questions are linked to the
Only connect? theme:
Interactive TV: Why do I hear
a loud "boing" when I turn
on my TV set?
Network Nightmare: How does
a network keep track of every mobile
phone?
Blue Room: Why does a room
illuminated by a TV appear blue to
a person outside?
Forecourt Fear: Why should
we switch off mobile phones in a petrol
station?
Sealed in Light: What causes
the flash from opening a self-seal
envelope?
Does my bum…: Black trousers
'make your bum look smaller'. Is this
true?
Lamp Light: Why does the shadow
change colour with different coloured
lamps?
Goggle-eyed: Why can I only
see clearly underwater with goggles
or a mask?
Answers suggested by the New Scientist
website readers can be downloaded
here.
Who wants to be a scientist?
is based on a well-known quiz format.
It is a PowerPoint presentation, although
it works well in class or as a lunchtime
competition using overheads. To save
ink print overheads in black and white.
Questions are taken from the multiple
choice biology units provided below.
The quiz could be run during lunch
times as an inter-form competition,
or within class time. After you have
saved the PowerPoint quiz to your
computer you can customise the questions
as you wish. Each team will need their
three lifeline cards to use once in
the game. The game runs for about
20-30 minutes with four teams. You
do need the killer question at the
end for tie-breaks. Contact local
museums and cinemas for complimentary
tickets, pens etc., to use as prizes.
We know that pupils like and learn
from good quizzes. These questions
are based around several biology QCA
Scheme of Work units.
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