Exploring Science through Art
This is an art and science programme for schools at Broad Oak Nature Reserve, Canterbury, Pfizer UK, Sandwich, and in the classrooms of the Kent schools involved - Langdon Primary School and St Saviours School, Westgate on Sea.

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Spirals in Nature
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Honeysuckle
Amonite fossil
Sunflower
Carved shell

Spirals in Nature

The DNA molecule is twisted into a double spiral, known as a double helix.

On this project we talked about the spirals shown above and thought of other spirals in Nature:
· A snake's coil
· A snail's shell
· A hurricane or typhoon
· Water going down the plug-hole!
· A finger print (whorl)
· Hair growing from the crown on our heads
· Ringlets
· A pig's tail
· The inner ear (cochlea)
· A fern tendril uncurling

Can you think of any more?