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For two science teachers from opposite ends of Europe – David Featonby and Zuzana Ješková – Science on Stage was the beginning of an inspiring and enjoyable collaboration.
Ages: not applicable;
With oil reserves running out, silicon solar cells offer an alternative source of energy. How do they work and how can we exploit their full potential?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Physics Education Technology (PhET to its friends) is the slick but not very meaningful title of a site that offers a wide range of excellent interactive physics simulations for secondary-school and university students.
Ages: not applicable;
Physicist Adrian Mancuso works at the cutting edge of 3D imaging, at what will be Europe’s newest and brightest X-ray facility.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Male or female? What are the issues surrounding children for whom the answer is not clear? Researchers Eric Vilain and Melissa Hines hope to provide some of the answers.
Ages: 16-19;
Holding this book in my hands as I boarded what would be an eight-hour flight, I planned to read the modest 204 pages whilst airborne. When we landed, I had managed just 70, thanks to all the observation, thinking and note-taking that Inflight Science: A guide to the world from your airplane window…
Ages: not applicable;
We all know that exercise makes us fitter and healthier – but what changes take place in our cells to make this happen?
Ages: 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members (EIROs).
Ages: not applicable;
During an eclipse, the Sun or the Moon seems to disappear. What is happening? Why not explore this fascinating phenomenon in the classroom, with an easy to build model?
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Did you know that you can use old hi-fi speakers to detect earthquakes? And also carry out some simple earthquake experiments in the classroom? Here’s how.
Ages: 16-19;
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Science on Stage: a Slovak-British relationship
Topics: Events
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Solar energy: silicon solar cells
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
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The PhET website
Topics: Resources
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High-powered research: physicist Adrian Mancuso
Topics: Profiles
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Intersex: falling outside the norm
Topics: Biology, Health
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Inflight Science: A guide to the world from your airplane window, by Brian Clegg
Topics: Resources
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On your bike: how muscles respond to exercise
Topics: Biology, Health
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A voyage through space, arts and the seven seas
Topics: News from the EIROs, Biology, Astronomy / space, Engineering
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Creating eclipses in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Building a seismograph from scrap
Topics: Physics, Earth science
