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| Issue 34

High flyers: thinking like an engineer

Designing a glider wing helps students understand forces and what it means to be an engineer.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Engineering
   

| Issue 34

Microplastics: small but deadly

Try these hands-on activities to introduce your students to microplastics – a hazard for fish and other marine animals – and to our responsibilities to our environment.

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society
   

| Issue 34

Planetary energy budgets

Understanding Earth’s climate system can teach us about other planets.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Earth science
       

| Issue 34

Learning from laughter

Neuroscientist and stand-up comic Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter.

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Health
         

| Issue 33

Tara: an ocean odyssey

After four years travelling around the globe, the schooner Tara has returned with a world’s worth of scientific results.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology
         

| Issue 33

Glitter, glue and physics too

Explore physics in a new way by creating a model of particle collisions using craft materials.

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
Topics: Physics
   

| Issue 32

Beat the Flood

Imagine living with the danger that your home could be flooded at any time. This challenge will enable pupils aged 7–14 to discover the impact that flooding has on people’s lives, and how science and technology can mitigate its effects and help find potential solutions.

Ages: <11, 11-14;
Topics: Earth science, Engineering, Science and society