INSPIRE

Inspire

Science on Stage: gathering momentum

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

Many of the national Science on Stage organisations are already beginning to select which teachers from their countries will attend the European teaching festival in 2011. Eleanor Hayes reports on the Austrian and Belgian events.

Ages: not applicable
Keywords: Event report

 

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Why the Lion Grew its Mane: a Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology, By Lewis Smith

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

The scope of Why the Lion Grew its Mane: A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology, as stated by the author, is to offer a “fascinating collection of recent discoveries that overturn popular conceptions, enter realms that were previously the preserve of science…

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Keywords: Teaching resources

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Sowing the seeds of science: Helke Hillebrand

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

Helke Hillebrand has always been fascinated by science, but on the back of a career in plant biology, her urge to work more closely with people helped her decide to go into tending young minds instead of new shoots. Vienna Leigh reports.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Biology, General science

   

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UNDERSTAND

Understand

Watching it grow: developing a digital embryo

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

What if you could witness the development of a new life, taking your time to study every detail, every single cell, from every angle, moment by moment? Sonia Furtado talks to the scientists who made this possible by creating a digital zebrafish embryo.

Ages: 14-16
Keywords: Biology, Development

         

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Deadly proteins: prions

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

Since the epidemic of ‘mad cow disease’ in the 1980s and 90s, and the emergence of its human equivalent, variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, there has been a great deal of research into prions, the causative agents. Mico Tatalovic reviews the current state of knowledge.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Maths, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Biology

             

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EIROforum: introducing the publisher of Science in School

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

EIROforum Click to enlarge image EIROforumw1 is a collaboration between seven European inter-governmental scientific research organisations. The organisations focus on very different types of research – from molecular biology to astronomy, from fusion energy to space science. They use very…

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Exploring out-of-body experiences: interview with Henrik Ehrsson

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

We’ve all sometimes felt ‘beside ourselves’, but have you ever felt that you were actually outside yourself – looking at yourself from outside your own body? Marta Paterlini talked to Henrik Ehrsson, a scientist studying this phenomenon.

Ages: 14-16
Keywords: Biology, Neurobiology

   

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Homo sapiens – an endangered species?

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

This year has been proclaimed the International Year of Biodiversity. During 2010, governments will seek to reach agreement on a new biodiversity target, to be decided at the Nagoya summit in October. Will this enable us to save not only whales and tigers, but also our own species? Marlene Rau…

Ages: 14-16
Keywords: Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Environmental science, General science

           

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The ALMA Observatory: the sky is only one step away

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

Claudia Mignone and Douglas Pierce-Price take us on a trip to the Chilean Andes, to the site of ALMA, the world’s largest radio astronomy facility, which is set to discover the secrets of our cosmic origins.

Ages: 16-19
Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Telescopes

             

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TEACH

Teach

Using news in the science classroom

June 23, 2010 | Issue 15

Fernanda Veneu-Lumb and Marco Costa show how news reports – even inaccurate ones – can be used in the science classroom.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19