{"id":2305,"date":"2014-09-11T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2014-09-11T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T10:53:55","slug":"future-learn-basic-science-understanding-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2014\/09\/11\/future-learn-basic-science-understanding-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Learn &#8211; Basic Science: Understanding Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2014\/09\/future-learn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2014\/09\/11\/future-learn-basic-science-understanding-experiments\/future-learn-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2014\/09\/future-learn.png\" data-orig-size=\"122,62\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"future learn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2014\/09\/future-learn.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2014\/09\/future-learn.png\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/STEMcentralinmotion\/uploads\/sites\/1544\/2014\/09\/future-learn.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"future learn\" width=\"122\" height=\"62\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/science-experiments?utm_source=FL_DB&amp;utm_medium=crm&amp;utm_campaign=10_09_2014_FL_newsletter\">Basic Science: Understanding Experiments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This practical, hands-on course is aimed at school aged learners to help them start thinking like a scientist by carrying out experiments at home and making scientific observations.<\/p>\n<p>They will carry out simple experiments to extract the DNA from fruit or vegetables, observe osmosis in action and bake a potato to destruction! They\u2019ll also investigate how different liquids behave when frozen and how much water an everyday food item contains.<\/p>\n<p>As they carry out these experiments they will develop important science-based skills including observation, record-keeping, data analysis and how to control an experiment. After examining their results, they will share them with other learners and discuss their findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Science: Understanding Experiments This practical, hands-on course is aimed at school aged learners to help them start thinking like a scientist by carrying out experiments at home and making scientific observations. 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