Snail-powered science: hands-on biology for active classrooms
Using pond snails as a low-cost, hands-on model to teach biology and environmental science in secondary schools.
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From drugs to climate change: hands-on experiments with Daphnia as a model organism
How do social drugs affect metabolism? How is toxicity measured? How does climate change affect water ecosystems? Promote active learning by investigating these questions with Daphnia.
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Teach radioisotopes and decay interdisciplinarily at a low cost
How to teach radioactive decay and radioisotopes to students who feel that equations are boring? Here are two inexpensive and captivating activities to apply in your classroom!
Celestial cannibalism: investigating cataclysmic variable stars
Meet the universe’s ultimate drama queens – stars that steal, explode, and shine brighter than ever before.
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Science is cool… supercool
When we cool something below its freezing point, it solidifies – at least, that’s what we expect. Tobias Schülli investigates why this is not…
Physics
Casting light on solar wind: simulating aurorae at school
The aurorae are one of the wonders of the natural world. Using some simple apparatus, they and related phenomena can easily be reproduced in the…
Physics, Astronomy / space, Earth science
The great migration
Why are cells like wildebeest? Laura Spinney investigates the migration of cells and the formation of organs, using the tiny and transparent…
Biology
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EMBL course: Epigenetics explained
EMBL invites STEM educators to join a free in-person course “Epigenetics explained” in Heidelberg, Germany, 2-4 March 2026. Course offers: scientific talks, training on new teaching resource & more. Applications open until 11 January 2026, 23:00 CET.
The 13th International Symposium on Microscale Chemistry
July 8th- 10th, St Pauls School, London I hope you have enjoyed the microscale chemistry articles that Adrian Allan and I presented in issues, 53, 54,57, 60, 65, and 69. If you are teaching chemistry do have a look at them. Other authors have also submitted ideas in issues 16 and 39. It is a…
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