Numbats are insectivorous marsupials from Western Australia. They are an endangered species. Marsupials are mammals, but unlike most other mammals they carry their young in a pouch during the early stages of development. Marsupials are only found in Australia and South America. Australia and South America were joined together into a super-continent called Gondwanaland until …
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Category:Just For Fun
Magnetish…
You may not notice anything different here but mysterious and wonderful things have happened. Firstly, I have added a ‘Community’ page for you to explore. Fill in the registration page and I will give you access when I have time. Use it wisely! Secondly, there are new links in the ‘Links’ menu. You should especially …
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Smart Vermin…
You may have noticed that we have huge numbers of grey squirrels around Summer Fields. The Grey Squirrel is an invasive, non-native species that is a threat to our native population of Red Squirrels that had been the only species of squirrel in the British Isles for tens of thousands of years. Grey Squirrels were introduced by the …
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What?
What can you tell me about the animal pictured below?
Ah, Drums Again…
I love drumming and drummers. I was looking for Mah Na Mah Na by the Muppets (as you do) and found a video of Animal ‘battling’ Buddy Rich. Mr Rich was one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time and his soloing was the stuff of legend. He definitely gives Animal a run for …
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A Quiz Based Upon the CE Mock Chemistry…
Cadbury’s Creme Egg…
There is a great channel on YouTube called the Periodic Table of Videos. They are led by the crazy-haired chemistry professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff at Nottingham University. They started out attempting to make a video about every element on the Periodic Table. They have since branched out into all manner of delightful demonstrations. Inspired by …
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People As Molecules…
How many names of famous people can you spell using the symbols for elements? I set myself a low bar for ‘famous’ and managed… (Mr) BiSHOP (bismuth, sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous) & (Mr) SNoW (sulphur, nobelium and tungsten) before I thought I would be better handing it over to you. I have not Googled this yet but …
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Slime…
We made some slime on Sunday. In fact, the boys made rather a lot of slime, which they coloured blue with food dye. They followed a simple recipe, mixing PVA glue 50:50 with water and stirring until the mixture was an even, milky-white colour. Then they added a few drops of colouring. I had made up some saturated borax …
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More Randomness…
Randomness fascinates me, which is why I have encouraged readers of this blog to listen to the Stochasticity episode of the RadioLab podcast. (You can read about this and other podcast recommendations here.) The following is quite a lengthy (10 minute) video about the randomness (or entropy) of the Universe; free-will and quantum mechanics. It …
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