Science at Work

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  Body Maintenance 

Reacting to changes
Movement of the body
Food and energy
Artificial ressuscitation
Body heat
The heart as a pump
Blood
Accidents

  Building Science 

Building homes
Metals
Joining metals
Bridges
Water and building materials
Heat loss and gain
Solar energy
Plastics

  Domestic Electricity 

Plugs and sockets
Fuses
Household lighting circuit
Hosehold power circuits
Buzzers and bells
Heat loss ans gain
Water heaters

  Earth Science 

Earth structure
Sedimentary rocks
Fossils and coal
Moving rocks
Oil and gas
Mineral for industry
Rocks for building

  Energy 

Fuels
Forms of energy
Electrical energy
Stored energy
Energy and your body
Energy and plants
Energy for the future

  Fibres and fabrics 

Examining fibres
Burning fibres
Paper
Making fibres
The strength of fibres
The wear of fabrics
Fabrics as insulators
Shrinkage
Detergents
Fabric brighteners

Science at Work

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  Flight 

Falling through the air
Parachutes
Flight
Forces for flight
Control in the air
Space flight

  Food and microbes 

The microscope
Fungi
Bacteria
Using microbes
Damage to our food
Stopping food damage
Milk
Food preservation
Microbes in the kitchen

  Forensic Science 

Dusting for fingerprints
Fingerprints in blood
Fingerprints on difficult surfaces
Shoeprints
Making casts
Comparing soil samples
Heating and burning soils
Forgery
Bloodstains

  Gears and gearing 

Chain drives
Belt drives
Spur gears
Compound spur gears
Worm gears
Contrate and helical gears
Cams
Design and build problems

  Photography 

How film takes a picture
The pinhole camera
A simple camera
Using a commercial camera
Developing the film
Making positive prints
Enlarging
Uses of photography

  Plant science 

Soil
Soil nutrients
Food from plants
Growing new plants
Damage to plants

Science at Work

[em inglês]

  Pollution 

Dirty water
Chemicals in water
Living things in water
Cleaning water
Oil and water
Dirty air
Analysing smoke
Chemicals in air
Sound
Pollution check

  Science of the motor car 

Oil and its uses
The four-stroke cycle
The electrical system
Hydraulic systems
Cooling systems
Corrosion
Safety
Friction

  You and your mind 

Making sense of the world
How we perceive
How we behave
Ways of learning
How we thinkand feel
What kind of person are you?

  Cosmetics 

Skin
Making cosmetics
Emulsions and skin creams
Soap
Hard and soft water
Making eyes!
Nails
Toothpaste
Perfumes and essences

  Dyes and dyeing 

Natural dyes
Mordants and fastness
Creative dyeing
Making and testing dyes
Stains
Colouring metals
Uses of dyes

  Biotechnology (reedição) 

Introduction
Enzymes
The food industry
Our water supply
Medical applications
The chemical industry
Using plants
The future

Science in a Topic

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  Teacher's Guide to the Series 

  Clothes and Costumes 

Looking at clothes
The raw materials
Fibres threads and fabrics
Keeping warm and dry
Who needs special clothing?
Footwear
Clothing and electricity
Cleaning and caring
Dyes and dyeing
Cloth claims
Clothes can be more than a covering

  Communication 

Sending messages
Words - and no words
Sound
Pictures and art
Touch
The written word
Printing and newspaper
Flashing lights and mirrors
Telegraph and telephone
Photography
Radio and television
Animal communication

Science in a Topic

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  Food 

Good food
Our daily bread
Milk
Sugar and sweets
Salt
Taste and flavour
Colour and food
Meat and fish
Fruit and vegetable
Keeping food
In the kitchen

  Houses and homes 

Looking at homes
Finding out about materials
Walls
Roofs
Windows, doors and floors
Building in the classroom
Tools and machines
Electricity
Water
Animal homes

  In the air 

The air around us
Air and weather
Balloons and airships
Parachutes, kites and gliders
Aeroplanes
Helicopters and hovercraft
Birds
Living in the air

Science in a Topic

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  Moving on land 

On the move
Energy
Wheels
Two wheels: cycles and motor-cycles
Cars, lorries and buses
Railways
Sledges, skates and skis

  Ships 

Why do ships float?
Salt water and fresh water
The shape of ships
How are the ships built?
Can boats topple over?
How are ships moved?
Anchors are raised, sails are hoisted. How?
How submarines dive and surface?
How are ships steered?

  Sports and games 

Sports and games
Balls and games
Pitches and players
Sticks, bats and racquets
Water and winter sports
Running and jumping
Lift, throw and balance
Sports on wheels
Indoor games

SISCON

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  Teachers Guide 

  Ways of living 

Technology in the stars?
Thinking in the ancient way
Science for modern times
Looking after our water
Looking after our air
Where are we now?

  How can we be sure? 

Why we need to know?
Not so sure
The birth of scientific theories
Learning theories and explaining experiments
Science changes its mind
When the scientists disagree

SISCON

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  Technology, invention and industry 

Ingredients for invention
Research and development in industry
Case-study of plastics
Case-study of microelectronic

  Evolution and the human population 

What is evolution?
Who believes in Darwin`s Theory?
Evolution and human society
How inheritance works
Future evolution

  The atomic bomb 

Science on the payroll
Discovering atomic energy
The start of war
Building the bombs
Responsibility and treachery
The threat of nuclear war

SISCON

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  Energy: the power to work 

Trying to understand
Useful kinds of energy
How energy affects our living
Our energy future
Energy for the less developed countries

  Health, food and population 

Public health in Britain
Making medicines safe
Living in the Third World

  Space, Cosmology and fiction 

Early views on the Universe
Scientific Cosmology
First journeys into space
How we use space