Cellulose: from trees to treats
The same molecule that keeps mighty trees standing also led to the first multicellular life forms – and can even be used to make sweet treats.
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The same molecule that keeps mighty trees standing also led to the first multicellular life forms – and can even be used to make sweet treats.
Create a particle accelerator using a Van de Graaff generator, a ping-pong ball and a salad bowl to understand how it is used to study matter at the smallest scale.
Dissect a chicken from the supermarket to discover the unusual pulley system that enables birds to fly.
Using a simple calculation, measure the distance between Earth and the Moon with the help of a local amateur radio station.
Introduce your students to acoustic and optical spectra with a hands-on murder mystery.
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a Nobel-prizewinning career.
In the fifth and final article in this series on astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, find out how scientists use the European Space Agency’s missions to observe the sky in far-infrared, sub-millimetre and microwave light.
Repairing a fusion device can be challenging for humans. Drones may be the answer.
Challenge your students to work out which exploits of comic-book heroes like Superman might actually be possible – given a miracle or two.
Cellulose: from trees to treats
A particle accelerator in your salad bowl
How do birds fly? A hands-on demonstration
To the Moon and back: reflecting a radio signal to calculate the distance
Who murdered Sir Ernest? Solve the mystery with spectral fingerprints
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
The importance of failure: interview with Paul Nurse
More than meets the eye: the cold and the distant Universe
Fusion drones: robot technicians for nuclear devices
Heroes and villains: the science of superheroes