Podcasts Education Think like a scientist - for iPod/iPhone
Think like a scientist - for iPod/iPhone

Think like a scientist - for iPod/iPhone

20 episodes

Learn to think like a scientist. In this collection we demonstrate a series of hands-on experiments that you can carry out in your own kitchen. We'll explore some key aspects of life on Earth such as why water is so important to all living organisms, how matter behaves at different temperatures and what are the best conditions for life to flourish. The experiments start off simply, with baking a potato to destruction, but by the end you will be isolating and extracting the DNA of a kiwi fruit! Along the way you’ll learn some key skills that will develop your scientific thinking – like what to look for when designing an experiment, why you should keep a scientific journal and how to report your results. By the end of the collection you will be able to think about how to investigate the world around you and find out how it works. These materials form part of the Open University free courses Basic Science: Understanding Experiments and Basic Science: Understanding Numbers available from OpenLearn. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses

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How to present your results

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 4:43 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds

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Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 4:43 p.m.
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Making it all add up

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 36 seconds

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Transcript -- Making it all add up

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 1:49 p.m.
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Explaining scientific notation

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 22 seconds

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Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 1:32 p.m.
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Explaining negative numbers

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 50 seconds

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Transcript -- Explaining negative numbers

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 11:11 a.m.
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Why keep a journal

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 9:52 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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Transcript -- Why keep a journal

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 9:52 a.m.
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Potato experiment: How much water is in a potato?

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 9:02 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 6 seconds

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Transcript -- Potato experiment: How much water is in a potato?

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 9:02 a.m.
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Cucumber experiment: How to measure osmosis in a cucumber

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 4 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds

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Transcript -- Cucumber experiment: How to measure osmosis in a cucumber

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 4 p.m.
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Ice tray experiment: changing states of matter

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 50 seconds

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Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 3:51 p.m.
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Yeast Experiment: measuring respiration in yeast

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

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Transcript -- Yeast Experiment: measuring respiration in yeast

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 3:07 p.m.
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Kiwi Fruit Experiment: Finding the DNA of a kiwi fruit

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 48 seconds

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Transcript -- Kiwi Fruit Experiment: Finding the DNA of a kiwi fruit

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 2:37 p.m.
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