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| Issue 39

Hooked on science

Encouraging your students to create science videos can be a way of catching – and keeping – their attention.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: General science
 

| Issue 39

Fantastic feats

Entertain your audiences with these tricky feats, which showcase Newton’s laws of motion in action.

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

| Issue 38

The ethics of genetics

Today’s announcement that the UK has approved the creation of babies from two women and one man offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss some of the real issues of science with your students.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
       

| Issue 38

Practical pyrotechnics

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.

Ages: 11-14;
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
   

| Issue 38

Wind and rain: meteorology in the classroom

Why does it rain? Can we predict it? Give physics students a mass of weather data and some information technology, and they can try working this out for themselves.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Earth science
 

| Issue 38

Be a magnet for a day

What happens inside magnets? This fun activity for primary school pupils helps them find out – by turning themselves into a magnet.

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

| Issue 38

Chembot: chemistry with robots

We know that robots are good for mechanical tasks – but here’s a chemistry project for robots that don’t mind getting their sensors wet. 

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering, Teach, General science