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Online tools can be used to compare the sequences of proteins and understand how different organisms have evolved.
Ages: 16-19;
More than 10 years ago, a very clever and inventive inhabitant from a favela discovered he could produce light without electricity. Now solar bulbs are spreading all over the world.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
The smooth operation of communications satellites can be influenced by solar weather. Mimic this effect on a smaller scale in the classroom with a simple demonstration.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
To keep refuelling its reactor, the EFDA-JET facility fires frozen hydrogen pellets into 150 million°C plasma. But these pellets have an added benefit as well.
Ages: 16-19;
When measuring the chemistry of the atmosphere, it helps to fly up in specially modified laboratories.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
One hundred years after the start of the First World War, chemical weapons are still in the news. We consider some of the ethical questions behind the war’s chemical legacy.
Ages: 16-19;
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 EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
With the FIFA World Cup, football fever seems to be everywhere and it is amazing to think how much the game has changed since the first one in 1930.
Ages: not applicable;
Science in School would like to hear about your experiences!
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Although this is only the first issue of 2014, the academic year is already starting to draw to a close. By the time this issue reaches you, spring will have sprung and preparations for the end of year, and those dreaded exams, will be well underway. Spring, however, is a season of renewal – a…
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Using biological databases to teach evolution and biochemistry
Topics: Biology
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Light refraction in primary education: the solar bottle bulb
Topics: Physics, Engineering
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Simulating the effect of the solar wind
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
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Super cold meets super hot
Topics: Physics, Engineering
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Up, up and away: using aircraft for atmospheric monitoring
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
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Experiments in integrity – Fritz Haber and the ethics of chemistry
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
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Solving a sticky problem for cancer treatment and getting into the fusion energy game
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology
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Welcome to the twenty-nineth issue of Science in School
Topics: Uncategorized
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Citizen science: have you used it in your classroom?
Topics: Resources
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Welcome to the twenty-eighth issue of SiS
Topics: Uncategorized
