Advent calendar 2016
November 30, 2016 | Issue 37Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar, packed with inspiring teaching ideas for Christmas, winter and the end of term.
INSPIRE
Conferences and the classroom
November 21, 2016 | Issue 37A teacher from Hannover, Germany, explains how scientific conferences enrich her teaching.
Unravelling epigenetics
September 23, 2016 | Issue 37Our genetic information is encoded in our DNA, but that is only part of the story.
History in the making
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37How Anne-Flore Laloë is chronicling the life and works of a scientific institution.
CERN’s high-school physics competition shines bright
September 5, 2016 | Issue 37Win the Beamline for Schools competition and take a trip to CERN to do your own real-life particle physics experiment.
UNDERSTAND
Galaxies: genesis and evolution
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37Astronomers are still trying to discover exactly why galaxies formed in spiral shapes, and what’s likely to happen to our galaxy in the future.
The element of surprise
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37Studies of radiocarbon are helping scientists to understand how neurons remain stable yet adaptable.
Self-healing aircraft wings: a dream or a possibility?
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37Taking inspiration from nature’s amazing ability to heal wounds, this biology-inspired technology could create aircraft wings that fix themselves.
Sign up your students to see the large and the small
September 2, 2016 | Issue 37Science 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.
TEACH
Sharp eyes: how well can we really see?
September 7, 2016 | Issue 37Exploring visual acuity requires not only biological experiments, but also some understanding of the underlying physics.
Plasma: The fourth state
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37Plasma is the fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid and gas – but what is it like and what can it do? Plasma globes allow us to answer these questions – and more.
Measuring the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37Using effervescent heartburn tablets, model the action of volcanoes to measure the intensity of the explosions and create your own measurement scale.
What are stars made of?
September 6, 2016 | Issue 37Find out how we know what the Sun (and stars) are made of.
Can something accelerate upwards while falling down?
September 5, 2016 | Issue 37Use one of the most surprising experiments in classical mechanics to teach the scientific method, video analysis and mechanics.
Melts in your viscometer, not in your hand
August 31, 2016 | Issue 37Teaching viscosity can be sweetened by using chocolate.
EDITORIAL
Editorial issue 37
September 5, 2016 | Issue 37The new academic year is a time for new beginnings: new challenges, opportunities, students, colleagues and, most importantly, new ideas. Possibilities stretch out before us, each one beckoning us to a different outcome.