Virtual labs, real science
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52Not just for remote teaching: virtual labs really came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can generally be a useful addition to the STEM teacher’s toolbox.
INSPIRE
UNDERSTAND
From gaming to cutting-edge biology: AI and the protein folding problem
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52How can AI systems like those developed to beat humans at games help unlock the secrets of protein function?
How to understand a COVID-19 test result
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
Clinical trials count on more than statistics
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?
TEACH
Fantastic feats: experimenting with water
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.
Tea-time chemistry
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52Tea is a refreshing drink – and it can also help students to learn about important chemical reactions, as these simple experiments with infusions demonstrate.
Maths with fruit
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
Faraday’s law of induction: from classroom to kitchen
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52Explore electromagnetic induction and of one of its well-known applications – the induction hob – with these hands-on activities.
Teaching binary code with a secret word challenge
March 31, 2021 | Issue 52Do you find the binary system complicated? With this activity, your students will find it as easy as 01,10,11.
