| Science isn't confined to the school lab as we all know. It’s alive and kicking all over the globe! Aimed principally at Key Stage Three pupils, these are science stories from the past and the present to intrigue and inspire. Each story has activities, teachers’ notes and almost all have a practical activity. Please Note. If any teachers would like to adapt them for younger pupils then do be aware of the risk/safety implications and consult a book such as the 2001 edition of Be Safe! by the ASE. 
At the turn of the century, Dr Charles Campbell, a doctor in San Antonio believed he had found a unique way to eradicate malaria from swamplands around the city... << Back to Top
Last July, a 56-year-old American diabetic and double heart-attack victim sued several fast food chains claiming they were partly to blame for his illnesses. He claims that having eaten for years in their restaurants, he should have been told that the food he was eating was damaging his health... << Back to Top
The first in a series of stories about dissolving... All over the world statues are disappearing bit by bit. Statues that have lasted hundreds or even thousands of years are dissolving at a rapid rate. In Japan a statue of Saigo-san is weeping. Who or what could be the culprit? << Back to Top
The second in a series of stories about dissolving... The story goes that sometime during the first century B.C., the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, bet her lover, Marc Antony, that she could invite him to the most expensive dinner in history. << Back to Top
The third in a series of stories about dissolving... Gold is one of the Earth’s most un-reactive metals. Gold objects dug up, after hundreds and even thousands of years, are often still shiny. While some metals react easily with acids, it takes a special mixture of very strong acids called ‘Aqua Regia’ to dissolve Gold. << Back to Top
The fourth in a series of stories about dissolving... John Haigh, the notorious ‘Acid Bath Murderer’, killed 9 people during the 1940’s... then dissolved them! << Back to Top
 Click on thumbnails to see images... In 2000, two Indian scientists – Sudhir Ghatnekar and Mandar Ghatnekar – told farmers to ‘cultivate their lands with jojoba to harness liquid gold in the new millennium’... << Back to Top
 Click on thumbnails to see images... What’s your favourite colour for clothing, or maybe your favourite paint? Where do they get their colours from? What is used to make these colours for paints and dyes? Do they come from plants, flowers, minerals – or from something else? These stories and activities from around the world will help you to find some of the answers… << Back to Top
The Parminders live in a simple mud house and all of their cooking is done on a traditional stove called a chula. Unfortunately, there are several problems in using this cooker... << Back to Top
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