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To mark Science in School ’s 20th anniversary, we are launching a student writing competition inviting young people to explore the topic of sustainable and resilient tourism. All details below are also available in our downloadable and printable flyer. What is it about? 2027 is set to be the…
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Turn your classroom into a marine science station and step into the lively world of plankton – tiny aquatic dancers under the microscope that quietly power food webs and even Earth’s ecosystems.
Invisible soap, heavy water and a research reactor come together to provide enlightening insights into how plants and bacteria turn light into food.
Discover how hands-on experiments can introduce students to light and particles through the lens of space exploration.
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Articles from previous issues
Many of you were fascinated (and disgusted!) by the article about forensic entomology in our last issue. Paula Starbäck, the reviewer, suggested…
From notebook sketches to space-telescope data: explore how mapping starlight using the Herzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram helps us trace the life stories of stars across the universe.
This year has been proclaimed the International Year of Biodiversity. During 2010, governments will seek to reach agreement on a new biodiversity…
Discover free events and activities offered by the EIROforum members and other non-profit groups.
The call for proposals 2026 for the CERN TIMEPIX@school programme is now open! TIMEPIX@school is a new CERN-led initiative supported through the CERN & Society Foundation that brings Timepix-based detectors, developed within the CERN Medipix2 Collaboration, into classrooms worldwide. Launched…
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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