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Curiosity Box

  • September 21st, 2015Curiosity Box
    What’s this curiosity I found at the seaside?

    Last week's curiosity was heather, which comes into flower on the Moors of Northern England in the Autumn (fall). It's

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  • September 14th, 2015Curiosity Box
    Can you identify this purple plant?

    Last week's curiosity was a bushy lichen. When you see them, it's an indication of clean air. This week, can

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  • September 9th, 2015Curiosity Box
    What is this plant and what does it indicate?

    Did you know what last week's curiosity box item was? It's an antique field telescope used by scientists when they're

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  • September 3rd, 2015Curiosity Box
    Look closely to identify this week’s mystery item

    Did you work out what the stone's secret was last week? It was a geode in which white quartz crystals

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  • August 25th, 2015Curiosity Box
    Can you guess this stone’s secret?

    Last week's curiosity was Cuckoo Spit! Although known as cuckoo spit, frog spit or even snake spit, it's not even

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  • August 17th, 2015Curiosity Box
    Can you identify what’s in this week’s curiosity box?

    Last weeks curiosity box item was a small Barrel Cactus Small Barrel Cactus This week, can you identify

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  • August 3rd, 2015Curiosity Box
    Can you identify this fossil?

    The item in last week's curiosity box was an Old Man Cactus, so named on account of its hair. I

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  • July 28th, 2015Curiosity Box
    Can you identify this curiously fuzzy plant?

    Last week's curiosity box conundrum was a Leafy Sea Dragon ( Phycodurus Eques). They live in Australia along the western and

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  • July 20th, 2015Curiosity Box
    Can you identify this sea creature?

    Last week's mystery item was a fossilised shark's tooth! This week's curiosity box conundrum is a sea creature, can you

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  • July 15th, 2015Curiosity Box
    What’s in my curiosity box?

    My next series of science books called Curiosity Box will be published in the spring of 2016. It will feature

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This website is dedicated to Ken Walker who was my first head of science back in 1971 who set me on a journey writing educational materials by asking me to make a booklet for 250 children visiting a zoo. He often reminded me of this but more importantly he was my mentor back in those days, letting me set up brand new science laboratories and run field courses at the schools outdoor pursuits centre and his advice stayed with me as I progressed in my teaching career and into my writing career too. Thanks Ken.

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