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Engaging with biomimetic design encourages students to explore the principles of form and function in relation to evolutionary adaptation.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Hit me with your best shot: Vaccines have taken centre stage in the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the different types and how do they work?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Helium: gas of awe, wonder, and worry. Is it time to give this noble gas the respect it deserves?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How 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.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
Tea is a refreshing drink – and it can also help students to learn about important chemical reactions, as these simple experiments with infusions demonstrate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A 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.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Not 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.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How do scientists piece together genomic information from sequencing data? Play these two fun online puzzles to find out.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Explore phase transitions between different states of matter through a series of engaging hands-on experiments.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
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Biomimicry: linking form and function to evolutionary and ecological principles
Topics: Biology, Engineering, Science and society, STEAM
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Vaccines in the spotlight
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
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Elements in focus: helium
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society
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Fantastic feats: experimenting with water
Topics: Physics
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Tea-time chemistry
Topics: Chemistry
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How to understand a COVID-19 test result
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
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Virtual labs, real science
Topics: Chemistry, Physics, Resources
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Clinical trials count on more than statistics
Topics: General science
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Microbial genome puzzles
Topics: Biology, Mathematics
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States of matter & phase transitions
Topics: Physics, General science
