Category: Science
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PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.063 | “Vegetation Health Index” — Did the Satellite Measure Plant Health Directly?
A massive Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to scientific proxies: how a satellite vegetation index begins with reflected light, what it can reveal, what it cannot measure directly, and how to test a health claim.
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PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.062 | “30 m Resolution” — Does One Pixel Describe a Single Point or a Whole Patch?
A massive Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to spatial resolution: what a satellite pixel represents on the ground, what smaller features can disappear inside it, and how far a map can support a scientific claim.
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PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.061 | “Near Real-Time Data” — Is This the Final Science-Quality Result?
A massive Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to near-real-time scientific data: distinguish speed and freshness from later calibration, quality control and science-quality replacement products.
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PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.060 | “10,000 Sightings on the Map” — Did People Look Equally Everywhere?
A massive Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to crowdsourced science maps: separate where organisms were reported from where people actually looked before turning sightings into a distribution claim.
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PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.059 | “Warmest on Record” — Does Rank Tell You How Big the Difference Was?
A massive Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to scientific rankings: distinguish “ranked first” from the size of the measured difference before judging how dramatic a result really is.
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PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.058 | “2°C Warmer Than Normal” — Normal Compared With Which Years?
A massive Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to scientific baselines: when a chart says “warmer than normal”, identify the reference period before interpreting the anomaly.
