The ethics of genetics
Today’s announcement that the UK has approved the creation of babies from two women and one man offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss some of the real issues of science with your students.
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Today’s announcement that the UK has approved the creation of babies from two women and one man offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss some of the real issues of science with your students.
Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar, packed with inspiring teaching ideas for Christmas, winter and the end of term.
Simulate a neuron in the classroom.
Hot, luminous and destructive: fire is a force of nature. Here we look at how to use and control it safely with water and carbon dioxide.
What would it be like if numbers and musical tones had colours? People with synaesthesia experience the world in this way – and scientists are trying to find out why.
Why does it rain? Can we predict it? Give physics students a mass of weather data and some information technology, and they can try working this out for themselves.
What happens inside magnets? This fun activity for primary school pupils helps them find out – by turning themselves into a magnet.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Studies of iron oxides under extreme conditions are shining a light on Earth’s interior and its role in our climate.
Looking back, there’s no doubt that my own schoolteachers’ enthusiasm for science rubbed off on me. I have fond memories of my science lessons, from creating film-canister rockets in chemistry to scouring the playground for insects in biology.
The ethics of genetics
Advent calendar 2016
The resting potential: introducing foundations of the nervous system
Practical pyrotechnics
Blended senses: understanding synaesthesia
Wind and rain: meteorology in the classroom
Be a magnet for a day
Proxima b, extremophiles and record-breaking cables
Under pressure: the role of Earth’s mantle in our climate
Editorial issue 38