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Experiments: Build a sail-car of the future
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    Experiments: Pay-me game
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    Experiments: Water purifier
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    Experiments: Matchbox paddle boat
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    Experiments: How strong is that wind?
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    Experiments: Keeping an ice cube alive
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    Experiments: 3D shadows
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    Experiments: Conductors and insulators
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    Experiments: Ear gongs
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    Experiments: Energy Pairs
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    Experiments: Follow the energy path
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    Experiments: Gas from garbage
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    Experiments: Magnetic pennies
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    Experiments: Shape-shifting slime
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    Experiments: Nails trick
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    Experiments: Roller-coaster ride
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    Experiments: 360-degree periscope
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    Experiments: Gone with a bang
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    Experiments: Build a sail-car of the future
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    Experiments: Rocket mice
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Experiments: Build a sail-car of the future

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In this experiment, students make a sail-car and learn how to harness the energy from the wind to power it. The accompanying activities practise the first and second conditional and modals of prediction. Students then design their own car of the future and talk about it using the future tense. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s notes are included.

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    Experiments: Pay-me game

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    Experiments: Water purifier

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    Experiments: Matchbox paddle boat

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    Experiments: How strong is that wind?

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    Experiments: Keeping an ice cube alive

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    Experiments: 3D shadows

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    Experiments: Conductors and insulators

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    Experiments: Ear gongs

  • 10

    Experiments: Energy Pairs

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    Experiments: Follow the energy path

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    Experiments: Gas from garbage

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    Experiments: Magnetic pennies

  • 14

    Experiments: Shape-shifting slime

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    Experiments: Nails trick

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    Experiments: Roller-coaster ride

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    Experiments: 360-degree periscope

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    Experiments: Gone with a bang

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