Explore Science on This Day for 4 November with the first issue of Nature, the discovery of the first step to Tutankhamun’s tomb, and Charles K. Kao’s work on fibre-optic communication. Find practical middle and high school science activities covering scientific evidence, archaeology, light, materials and communication technology.

Explore Science on This Day for 3 November with the Oak Ridge X-10 nuclear reactor, Laika’s journey aboard Sputnik 2, and NASA’s Mariner 10 mission to Mercury. Discover classroom activities and discussion questions for middle and high school science, covering nuclear physics, research ethics, space exploration, gravity and engineering.

Discover Science on This Day for 1 November with three classroom-ready science history stories: the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, the 1952 Ivy Mike nuclear test and the 1962 Mars 1 launch. Explore practical activities for middle and high school science, plus ideas for teaching physics, Earth science, space exploration and scientific ethics throughout November.