Category: Science

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A Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to evaluating side-by-side scientific images. Learn why objects looking bigger on screen does not prove they grew, and how scale bars, magnification and field of view change the evidence.

PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.076 | “The Headline Says ‘Stops Growth’” — Did the Study Only Show Slower Growth in This Test?

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A Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to tracing a strong science headline back to the source result. Learn to compare the measured outcome, tested conditions and conclusion scope before accepting a broader claim.

PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.075 | “The Video Shows the Whole Experiment” — Was Anything Cut Out Between the Steps?

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A Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to evaluating experiment videos. Learn to distinguish what the camera actually shows from what may have happened during cuts, missing intervals or edited transitions.

PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.074 | “It Survived the Drop Test” — Were Both Products Dropped the Same Way?

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A Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to evaluating dramatic product drop tests. Learn to separate a demonstration from a fair comparison by checking drop height, surface, orientation, starting condition, repeats and the outcome that was actually measured.

PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.073 | “Both Lines Start at 100” — Were Their Real Starting Values the Same?

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A Primary 5/6 Reality Lab guide to charts that rebase different measurements to 100. Learn to separate relative change from original absolute level, recover the base period and avoid reading equal index values as equal real quantities.

PSLE Science Reality Lab Vol No.072 | “Removes 99%” — 99% of What Was There at the Start, and What Is Left?

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