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Juggling careers: science and teaching in Germany

Jörg Gutschank tells Vienna Leigh how his circus skills inspired him to take up teaching and saw him through his training – and how they help in the classroom.

The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast

We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread – but electricity? Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, UK, shows how it works.

 

The ‘Radon school survey’: measuring radioactivity at home

Marco Budinich and Massimo Vascotto introduce a school project to measure radon levels in your own home.

Teachers and scientists face to face: the first EIROforum teacher school

What is matter? How did the Universe begin? Are there other planets like Earth? And how do we know? Eleanor Hayes reports on the first EIROforum teacher school.

Starch: a structural mystery

A string of glucose molecules: starch. It sounds simple, but it isn’t. Dominique Cornuéjols and Serge Pérez explore the intricacies of its structure – and show that the mystery is by no means solved.

Bringing particle physics to life: build your own cloud chamber

Particle physics is often seen as something only for huge research institutes, out of reach of the general public. Francisco Barradas-Solas and Paloma Alameda-Meléndez demonstrate how – with the aid of a homemade particle detector – you can dispel this myth by bringing particle physics to life in the classroom.

Chemistry and light

Peter Douglas and Mike Garley investigate how chemistry and light interact in many aspects of our everyday life.

Física divertida en la escuela: los estudiantes actúan para los estudiantes

Herbi Dreiner y Tobias Strehlau describen cómo un espectáculo de física universitaria inspiró a un profesor de secundaria y a sus estudiantes a llevar a cabo su propia actuación física en la escuela. ¿Por qué no lo intentas en tu escuela?

Το πρώτο φως στο Σύμπαν

Ana Lopes και ο Henri Boffin Boffin μας ταξιδεύουν στο χρόνο – διερευνώντας την ιστορία του Σύμπαντος.

A tudomány drámája

Ugye élvezi a tudomány drámáját? A színeket, a szagokat, a szövevényes összefüggéseket?Érdemes követni Bernhard Sturm természettudomány-tanár javaslatait: hagyjuk, hogy a tanulóink még több drámát hozzanak be az osztályterembe, vagyis eljátsszák a tudományt. Ez segíti őket abban, hogy elképzeljék, és így könnyebben megjegyezzék a jelenségeket.

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