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Explore the science - The Big Smelt

 
Mike Leahy and Mike Bullivant
extracting gold

The Challenges

Find out more about the science behind the challenges:

Gold Rush

Shakers

Quakers

Ice

Treasure Hunt

Big Smelt

Did the scientists succeed in getting to grips with their final challenge? How easy is it to melt and smelt a lump of gold? Mike Leahy explains how the Rough Scientists turned the gold they had collected into a souvenir from their scientific adventures in New Zealand.

Content last updated: 20/07/2006

 

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