Drugs……….Antibiotic drugs are used to treat bacterial infections such a tuberculosis (TB) or tetanus. They were once grown as moulds (fungi) but are now made artificially………..Penicillin was the first antibiotic drug, discovered in a mould in 1928 by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)………Analgesic drugs such as aspirin relieve pain, working mainly by stopping the body making prostaglandin, the chemical that sends pain signals to the brain……….Tranquilizers are drugs that calm………..Major tranquilizers are used to treat mental illnesses such as schizophrenia……….Psychoactive drugs are drugs that change your mood. Many, including heroin, are dangerous and illegal……….Stimulants are drugs that boost the release of the nerve transmitter noradrenaline, making you more lively and awake. They include the caffeine in coffee………..Narcotics, such as morphine, are powerful painkillers that mimic the body’s own natural painkiller, endorphin……….Depressants are drugs such as alcohol which do not depress you, but instead slow down the nervous system. -from the book, Visual Factfinder Science Bardfield Press http://www.mileskelly.net
directly from the book – Big Ben first tolled in 1859……….Big Ben is the clock in St. Stephen’s Tower in London’s Houses of Parliament. The tower once had a cell where ‘rioters’ like suffragett Emmeline Pankhurst were held.
Stonehenge ………. Stonehenge is an ancient stone monument in southern England made from circles of huge rough-cut stones………..The main circle of stones or ‘sarsens’ is a ring of 30 huge upright stones, joined at the top by 30 lintels. Many of these sarsens have now fallen or been looted and used to make bridges and dams……….Inside the sarsen ring are five ‘doorways’ called trilithons, each made with three gigantic stones, weighing up to 40 tonnes each……….In between are rings of smaller bluestones……….The bluestones come from the Preseli Hills in Wales, 240 km away. Archaeologists puzzle over how they were carried here……….At the centre is a single tall stone, called the Heel Stone………..Stonehenge was built in three phases between 2950 BC and 1600 BC, starting with just a huge earth ring……….Archaeologists believe it was a gathering place and a site for religious ceremonies for Bronze Age people……….Newman, Thom and Hawkins have shown the layout of the stones ties in with astronomical events……….At sunrise on midsummer’s day (the solstice), the sun shines directly along the avenue to the Heel Stone.- directly from the book, Steve.
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Drugs……….Antibiotic drugs are used to treat bacterial infections such a tuberculosis (TB) or tetanus. They were once grown as moulds (fungi) but are now made artificially………..Penicillin was the first antibiotic drug, discovered in a mould in 1928 by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)………Analgesic drugs such as aspirin relieve pain, working mainly by stopping the body making prostaglandin, the chemical that sends pain signals to the brain……….Tranquilizers are drugs that calm………..Major tranquilizers are used to treat mental illnesses such as schizophrenia……….Psychoactive drugs are drugs that change your mood. Many, including heroin, are dangerous and illegal……….Stimulants are drugs that boost the release of the nerve transmitter noradrenaline, making you more lively and awake. They include the caffeine in coffee………..Narcotics, such as morphine, are powerful painkillers that mimic the body’s own natural painkiller, endorphin……….Depressants are drugs such as alcohol which do not depress you, but instead slow down the nervous system. -from the book, Visual Factfinder Science Bardfield Press http://www.mileskelly.net
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directly from the book – Big Ben first tolled in 1859……….Big Ben is the clock in St. Stephen’s Tower in London’s Houses of Parliament. The tower once had a cell where ‘rioters’ like suffragett Emmeline Pankhurst were held.
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Stonehenge ………. Stonehenge is an ancient stone monument in southern England made from circles of huge rough-cut stones………..The main circle of stones or ‘sarsens’ is a ring of 30 huge upright stones, joined at the top by 30 lintels. Many of these sarsens have now fallen or been looted and used to make bridges and dams……….Inside the sarsen ring are five ‘doorways’ called trilithons, each made with three gigantic stones, weighing up to 40 tonnes each……….In between are rings of smaller bluestones……….The bluestones come from the Preseli Hills in Wales, 240 km away. Archaeologists puzzle over how they were carried here……….At the centre is a single tall stone, called the Heel Stone………..Stonehenge was built in three phases between 2950 BC and 1600 BC, starting with just a huge earth ring……….Archaeologists believe it was a gathering place and a site for religious ceremonies for Bronze Age people……….Newman, Thom and Hawkins have shown the layout of the stones ties in with astronomical events……….At sunrise on midsummer’s day (the solstice), the sun shines directly along the avenue to the Heel Stone.- directly from the book, Steve.