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Spinning a yarn: explore the chemistry of wool and use it as a raw material for biobased products through simple hand-on activities.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Learn how to do quantitative chemistry using microscale techniques with bottle tops and inexpensive spirit burners that are relatively easy and quick to set up.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Did you know that there are more than 30 000 particle accelerators around the world? Where are they, and what are they for?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Small but mighty: investigate the role of herbaceous plants in the school garden for their contribution to biodiversity and sequestering carbon dioxide.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Extract DNA from fruit using household ingredients and then explore the challenges of gene sequencing by assembling a fragmented poem.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Through the looking glass: unlock the secrets of anamorphosis, where art and science meet to create mind-bending illusions!
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What can go wrong in a chemistry lab? Explore lab safety and consolidate the new knowledge by creating a fun horror story about a lab disaster.
Ages: 11-14;
Play your cards right: Everyone enjoys playing games, so use chemical card games to get students to learn through play without them realising.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
A walk on the wild side: invite some ants to take a walk on your petri dish and discover how bacteria from their feet could help us reduce pesticide use.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Is it a solid? Is it a liquid? It’s slime! Make slime to explore viscoelasticity and then complete a material science design challenge.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
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Extract value from wool waste: keratin and the circular economy
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability, Careers in STEM
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Simple gravimetric chemical analysis – weighing molecules the microscale way
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability
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Accelerators are everywhere, perhaps closer than you think…
Topics: Careers in STEM, Engineering, General science, Physics, Science and society
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Biodiversity and biomass in the school garden
Topics: Biology, Earth science, Science and society, Sustainability
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Plant genetics: extract DNA and explore the challenge of gene sequencing
Topics: Biology, Science and society, Sustainability, Resources
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Exploring anamorphosis: revealing hidden images with mirrors
Topics: Mathematics, Physics, STEAM
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Lab disasters: creative learning through storytelling
Topics: Chemistry, General science, Science and society, STEAM
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Stealth learning – how chemical card games can improve student participation
Topics: Chemistry
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Footprints in the agar: growing bacteria from ants’ feet to combat plant diseases
Topics: Biology, Sustainability
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Beyond solids and liquids: the science of slime
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering, STEAM
