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From gaming to cutting-edge biology: AI and the protein folding problem

How can AI systems like those developed to beat humans at games help unlock the secrets of protein function?

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Understand, Biology, Chemistry
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Fantastic feats: experimenting with water

How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
Topics: Physics
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Tea-time chemistry

Tea is a refreshing drink – and it can also help students to learn about important chemical reactions, as these simple experiments with infusions demonstrate.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Chemistry
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Maths with fruit

Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.

Ages: <11, 11-14;
Topics: Mathematics, Teach, General science
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How to understand a COVID-19 test result

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.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
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Faraday’s law of induction: from classroom to kitchen

Explore electromagnetic induction and of one of its well-known applications – the induction hob – with these hands-on activities.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Engineering
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Virtual labs, real science

Not just for remote teaching: virtual labs really came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can generally be a useful addition to the STEM teacher’s toolbox.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Inspire
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Clinical trials count on more than statistics

The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: General science
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Teaching binary code with a secret word challenge

Do you find the binary system complicated? With this activity, your students will find it as easy as 01,10,11.

Ages: 11-14;
Topics: Engineering, Science and society, Mathematics
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