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Climate change is nothing new. Caitlin Sedwick describes how a computer model is helping scientists to explain the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
Ages: 16-19;
If you ask Italian school students to name an active volcano in their country, they will have a wealth of names – such as Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and all the other Aeolian Islands – to choose from.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Anna Lorenc from the Volvox project explains the importance of the enzyme urease and presents a protocol to demonstrate urease activity in the classroom.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
It is a regrettable fact that there is a marked decline of interest in learning about science among school students today (in many developed countries, at least).
Ages: 16-19;
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.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Horror movies are a popular, albeit rather despised, film genre. It is all the more surprising that the most horrific of the current crop of scary movies has recently won an Oscar, not to mention the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to its main protagonist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Laura Strieth, Karen Bultitude, Frank Burnet and Clare Wilkinson use drama and debate to encourage young people to discuss genetics and what it means for us all. Why not join in?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Herbi Dreiner and Tobias Strehlau describe how a university physics show inspired a secondary-school teacher and his students to perform their own school physics show. Why not try it in your school?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Frode Skjold tells Sai Pathmanathan about some of his favourite activities to teach science in primary school.
Ages: not applicable;
Any book that has in its introduction “Physics is the action department of science... only physics can explain what happens if you throw [an apple] at a brick wall at 200 mph” has my attention.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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What killed the woolly mammoth?
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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Volcano Island, By David Lea and Professor Steve Sparks
Topics: Resources
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Investigating the action of urease
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science, By Moti Ben-Ari
Topics: Resources
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The International Space Station: a foothold in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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An Inconvenient Truth, By Al Gore
Topics: Resources
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Meet the Gene Machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school
Topics: Biology
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Fun physics in school: students perform for students
Topics: Physics
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Curiosity killed the cat – or did it?
Topics: Profiles
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Can You Feel the Force? Putting the Fizz Back into Physics, By Richard Hammond
Topics: Resources
