Basic Science: Understanding Experiments (FutureLearn)

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This course is intended for anyone with an interest in making scientific observations through experimentation, and does not require any previous experience of studying the subject.
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Basic Science: Understanding Experiments (FutureLearn)
Get an introduction to science-based skills through simple, exciting, hands-on physics, chemistry and biology experiments. On this practical course you will start thinking like a scientist, by carrying out experiments at home.

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You will extract the DNA from fruit, observe osmosis in action, see how different liquids behave when frozen, and bake a potato to destruction.

As you carry out these experiments, you will develop scientific skills including observation, record-keeping, data analysis and experiment control.

The course was produced with the kind support of Dangoor Education. You may also enjoy Basic Science: Understanding Numbers.


What topics will you cover?

- Evaporation during heating, quantified by weight

- Relationship between density and state of matter by freezing fluids

- Living organisms and the requirements for life

- Extraction of DNA from fruit


What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Demonstrate and carry out a basis scientific experiment

- Investigate and test any hypothesis using experimental techniques

- Record and analyse results from your experiments

- Discuss and share ideas with fellow students online



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Course Auditing
54.00 EUR
This course is intended for anyone with an interest in making scientific observations through experimentation, and does not require any previous experience of studying the subject.

MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.