How do birds fly? A hands-on demonstration
Dissect a chicken from the supermarket to discover the unusual pulley system that enables birds to fly.
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Dissect a chicken from the supermarket to discover the unusual pulley system that enables birds to fly.
Using a simple calculation, measure the distance between Earth and the Moon with the help of a local amateur radio station.
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
A blade of grass and a high tower both need to stand up against forces that threaten to level them. Are there design principles that they can exploit to achieve this?
Encouraging your students to create science videos can be a way of catching – and keeping – their attention.
Entertain your audiences with these tricky feats, which showcase Newton’s laws of motion in action.
A new tool lets astronomers ‘listen’ to the Universe for the first time.
Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar, packed with inspiring teaching ideas for Christmas, winter and the end of term.
Hot, luminous and destructive: fire is a force of nature. Here we look at how to use and control it safely with water and carbon dioxide.
What happens inside magnets? This fun activity for primary school pupils helps them find out – by turning themselves into a magnet.
How do birds fly? A hands-on demonstration
To the Moon and back: reflecting a radio signal to calculate the distance
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Bionic structures: from stalks to skyscrapers
Hooked on science
Fantastic feats
Turning on the cosmic microphone
Advent calendar 2016
Practical pyrotechnics
Be a magnet for a day