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Engaging with biomimetic design encourages students to explore the principles of form and function in relation to evolutionary adaptation.
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A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
In the first of two articles, Shamim Hartevelt-Velani and Carl Walker from the European Space Agency take us on a trip to the International Space Station.
Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
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Issue 58
All teachers have at least one favourite experiment that they are eager to share. Read on to learn more about monthly experiment sharing sessions and discover some low-cost physics experiments to try out in your own classroom.
Microscope in Action is a hands-on educational resource for teaching fluorescence microscopy in the classroom and beyond
How can you measure a beam of particles without interfering with it? The answer: by using a curtain of supersonic gas.
Find out about up-coming Science in School webinars, which are hosted by different EIROforum member institutions.
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The ESA Teach with Space Conference features a three-day programme that will provide teachers with classroom activities and online tools that use space themes as an inspiring context for teaching and learning STEM.
5 Jul 2022 (CET)
Wellcome Connecting Science in collaboration with EMBL ELLS and STEM Learning UK launched a free online course – Genomics for Educators aimed at teachers, science communicators and educators keen to increase their knowledge and confidence in engaging young people with genomics and biology.
31 Dec 2022 (CET)
Apply to virtually visit EMBL (Autumn/Winter 2021) with your school group. The visits (45- 90min) feature educational talks enriched by EMBL’s scientific advances, inspiring insights into life of scientists, informational talks highlighting varied career paths and a peek into EMBL labs.
24 Jun 2022 (CET)
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