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Frode Skjold tells Sai Pathmanathan about some of his favourite activities to teach science in primary school.
Ages: not applicable;
Any book that has in its introduction “Physics is the action department of science... only physics can explain what happens if you throw [an apple] at a brick wall at 200 mph” has my attention.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
An enormous meteorite impact and then a rocky flight from Mars. Is that how life appeared on Earth? Cornelia Meyer takes us on a space trip through the lithopanspermia theory and describes how she is putting it to the test with the help of student colleagues.
Ages: 16-19;
“Before I start, I’d like to mention two things: half of what I’m telling you will be wrong; and I don’t even know which half.” This introduction by renowned molecular biologist Ueli Schibler to his students illustrates a discomforting aspect of science. The only way to find out which…
Ages: not applicable;
Fred Engelbrecht and Thomas Wendt from the ExploHeidelberg Teaching Lab describe some experiments on sugar detection to demonstrate the problems that people with diabetes face every day.
Ages: 16-19;
The majority of young scientists working in research have only ever been that – scientists. But Vienna Leigh reports how one group leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory started his career at the front of a classroom – and feels that his science benefits as a result.
Ages: not applicable;
Why not get your students to make their own predictions of climate change – with the help of Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison from Bristol University, UK?
Ages: 16-19;
Halina Stanley investigates the history of chewing gum, how the chemistry of the gum affects its properties, and how scientists are using this knowledge to make chewing gum less of a pollutant.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Steve Jones talks to Vienna Leigh about the startling re-emergence of creationism in Europe, how teachers can help, and why he will never argue with a creationist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Teachers and many older school students will enjoy Dance of the Tiger, a very unusual fictional story written by a scientist about his own subject.
Ages: 16-19;
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Curiosity killed the cat – or did it?
Topics: Profiles
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Can You Feel the Force? Putting the Fizz Back into Physics, By Richard Hammond
Topics: Resources
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Is there anybody out there? An ark of life
Topics: Biology, Astronomy / space
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Welcome to the ninth issue of Science in School
Topics: Uncategorized
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Detecting sugar: an everyday problem when facing diabetes
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
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Cornelius Gross: from the classroom to the laboratory
Topics: Profiles
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Climate change modelling in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Mathematics
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Materials science to the rescue: easily removable chewing gum
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Interview with Steve Jones: the threat of creationism
Topics: Biology
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Dance of the Tiger, By Björn Kurtén
Topics: Resources
