Ten things we’ve learned about the Higgs boson in the past ten years
Meet the Higgs boson: what have physicists learned about this particle in the ten years since its discovery?
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Sustainable Science: Articles for European Sustainable Development Week
Explore the science behind some of the SDGs and the key role science has to play in our efforts towards achieving them.
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Save the date for Back to School with ESA 2022–23
Sparks students’ natural curiosity while learning about curriculum-relevant topics with ESA’s teach with space program.
Playing with fire: stoichiometric reactions and gas combustion
Great balls of fire: Try these dramatic experiments with gases to illustrate stoichiometric reactions and combustion.
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EIROforum events
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Virtual training course “The cellular basis of life: current insights and tools for teaching ”
EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement team invites secondary school science teachers to apply for the upcoming virtual training course “The cellular basis of life: current insights and tools for teaching ” this October. Deadline: 10 October
24 Oct 2022 (CET)
ESA Teach with Space workshop
ESA’s Teach with Space initiative offers a wealth of different classroom activities and resources that make use of space topics in support of the teaching and learning of STEM disciplines in the classroom, at primary and secondary levels.
12 Oct 2022 (CET)
Genomics for Educators
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)
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