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Inspire

May 25, 2011 | Issue 19

Exploring the Mystery of Matter: The ATLAS Experiment, By Kerry-Jane Lowery, Kenway Smith and Claudia Marcelloni

Exploring the Mystery of Matter: The ATLAS Experiment is an engaging and beautifully presented photo book that provides a captivating tour of the marvels of the large-scale particle detector experiments of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.

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Editorial

April 7, 2011 | Issue 18

Happy birthday, Science in School!

This issue of Science in School is rather special: it’s now five years since Science in School was launched, in March 2006.

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Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Science on Stage: countdown to the international festival

Science on Stage brings together many of Europe’s most innovative and inspiring science teachers. Andrew Brown reviews some of the recent national activities.

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Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Teacher solidarity: a UK-Rwandan physics project

Thanks to the determination of UK physics teacher David Richardson, increasing numbers of students in Rwandan schools are experiencing the delight of practical work. Vienna Leigh reports.

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Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Relativity: A Very Short Introduction, By Russell Stannard

Relativity is, admittedly, a difficult subject to understand, even to science-oriented people. In Relativity: A Very Short Introduction, Russell Stannard has made an effort to explain relativity and its implications for the laws that govern the Universe in a way that can be understood by those with…

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Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Instructables website

www.instructables.com is a website that shows you how to make all sorts of weird and wonderful things, from apple coasters to a z-bend hyper-hornet.

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Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Young minds in science: the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2010

Marlene Rau reports on the 22nd European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS).

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Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Young scientists at the cutting edge: EIROforum prize winners

Courtney Williams, winner of the CERN prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2009, reports on her experiences and those of the other EIROforum prize winners.

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Understand

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Mars, snakes, robots and DNA

Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration of research organisations. Eleanor Hayes, Editor-in-Chief of Science in School, reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members.

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Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
 

Inspire

March 3, 2011 | Issue 18

Bad Science, By Ben Goldacre

Why should British teachers stop using the Brain Gym, which refers to itself as an ‘educational movement-based model’ and is used in thousands of British schools? 

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