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| Issue 31

Coding without computers

Programmes don’t need a computer – turn your students into coders and robots with just pens, paper and a stack of cups.

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

| Issue 31

Cell spotting – let’s fight cancer together!

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn,” Benjamin Franklin once said. Make that quote yours and involve your students in a real cancer-research project that will teach them more than just genetics and cell death.

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

| Issue 30

A classroom hydrogen economy

Could hydrogen be the best alternative for fossil fuels? This demonstration shows how a hydrogen economy might work in practice.

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

| Issue 30

All in the family

Building a hypothetical family portrait can help students to understand genetics.

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

| Issue 30

Build your own particle accelerator

The world’s largest particle accelerator, the LHC, is deepening our understanding of what happened just after the Big Bang. Here’s how to explore the principles of a particle accelerator in your classroom.

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

| Issue 30

Camping under the stars — the ESO Astronomy Camp 2013

On 26 December 2013, after a long and exciting trip, 56 secondary-school students from 18 countries arrived at their destination: the picturesque alpine village of Saint-Barthélemy, Italy, where the Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley (OAVdA) was built because of…

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Astronomy / space
       

| Issue 29

How water travels up trees

Why do giant redwoods grow so tall and then stop? It all has to do with how high water can travel up their branches.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology
   

| Issue 29

Become a water quality analyst

Industrial activities and even geological changes can affect the quality of water, causing contamination that poses risks to human health and the environment. Learn how to become an independent analyst to ensure that we have good-quality water.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering