Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Ellen McCallie's diary: Aerial Surveyor
Ellen McCallie's diary about the challenge for the Aerial Surveyor programme, from the BBC/OU series Rough Science 4 Ellen McCallie. Ellen is a tropical ecologist and an educator who integrates...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's diary: Impact
Calculating the size of a meteor impact using a ball bearing? Mike's not sure this is going to work... Dr Mike Bullivant. Mike studied chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of Wales...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Ellen McCallie's diary: Impact
How would you go about measuring the diameter of a crator on the moon? As this will involve working at night, the first thing Ellen has to do is make some candles to shed a little light on the matter....
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Ellen McCallie's diary
Meet Ellen McCallie and read her diaries, from the BBC/OU series Rough Science 4. Ellen McCallie. Ellen is a tropical ecologist and an educator who integrates research and education in varied locations...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Schools pack
A range of Rough Science challenges have been adapted for classroom use and can be downloaded here, free of charge The Rough Science webteam. Rough Science saw brave scientists cast adrift and given...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Rough Science 4 Death Valley - Meet the Scientists
Meet the scientists from the BBC/OU series Rough Science 4, and read the inside stories of the challenges in their diaries The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's diary: Rocket
Powering a rocket with water, Mike is frustrated by the demands of "reality" television. Dr Mike Bullivant. Mike studied chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of Wales (Cardiff), and went on...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Aerial surveyor challenge
Getting a bird's eye view – Kathy and Jonathan must design an aerial surveyor; Mike is tasked with building a carbon dioxide filter, and Ellen and Iain calculate the epicentre of the 1872 earthquake...
View ArticleOU on the BBC: Rough Science 4: Death Valley
From Death Valley to the Learning Zone - relive some classic science challenges. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online learning since...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Spacesuit challenge
Keeping cool – this week the team have to devise a cooling system for their very own spacesuit. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Rover challenge
This week's challenge has an exploration theme – Jonathan must make a remote controlled vehicle; Iain and Ellen have to find water in the desert and Kathy and Mike are tasked with purifying the water...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Rocket challenge
Up, up and away – the team must make three different rockets that are fuelled only by water, and have an egg as a passenger! But that's not all, they must also devise a way for the delicate passenger...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Impact challenge
Crashing to Earth, meteorites have left behind some huge craters, and it's the team's challenge to calculate just how big the meteor must have been that made Meteor Crater in Death Valley. They are...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Communication challenge
"Hello, is there anybody out there?" Communication is vital – the team must find a way to communicate without using sound waves; write with a pen that works in zero gravity and talk to an alien. The...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Ellen McCallie's diary: Spacesuit
The team have to devise a system for cooling a spacesuit. Ellen focuses on the copper pipe that will carry water from fridge to suit. Ellen McCallie.First published on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 as Rough Science...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's diary: Communication
For Mike Bullivant, a simple request for a pen requires copper tubes, ball bearings and some healthy inspiration Dr Mike Bullivant.First published on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley:...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's diary: Rover
Charcoal and pumping under extreme conditions - Mike Bullivant is back facing some Rough Science. Dr Mike Bullivant.First published on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Kathy Sykes' diary: Rover
Kathy Sykes's diary about the challenge for the Rover programme, from the BBC/OU series Rough Science 4 Dr Kathy Sykes.First published on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Kathy Sykes'...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Iain Stewart's diary: Rover
Iain Stewart's diary about the challenge for the Rover programme, from the BBC/OU series Rough Science 4 Dr Iain Stewart.First published on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Iain...
View ArticleRough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's diary: Spacesuit
Can Mike and the team make an effective spacesuit from the bits and pieces they find? Dr Mike Bullivant.First published on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Mike Bullivant's diary:...
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