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Measure the speed of light

at-Bristol show how to measure the speed of light with a bar of chocolate, a microwave, and a ruler

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Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
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American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Children’s Science Book Prize
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Games from the Wellcome Trust
Nobel Prize blood typing game
Nobel Prize laser challenge games
Phylo – a puzzle and genetic research
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EteRNA – Make molecules Advance Science
Apetopia – speed colour matching
Zooniverse – help with real research
Globe at night – measure light pollution
Citizen Sort – games to classify plants, animals and insects

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