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TV detectives often rely on genetic fingerprinting to track down criminals, but what is the science behind the technique?
Ages: not applicable;
Petra Nieckchen from EFDA reports on the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) in Helsinki, Finland.
Ages: not applicable;
Nektarios Tsagliotis explains how to build an effective microscope using simple materials – enabling your students to discover a hidden world, just as Robert Hooke did in 1665.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How can the architecture of a school influence its teaching? Allan Andersen, head teacher of Copenhagen’s Ørestad Gymnasium, tells Adam Gristwood and Eleanor Hayes.
Ages: not applicable;
Uffe Gråe Jørgensen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, describes the search for Earth-like planets elsewhere in our galaxy.
Ages: 16-19;
Chinese dragons that predict earthquakes? Waves of glowing jelly babies? Earthquake-proof spaghetti? Physics teachers Tobias Kirschbaum and Ulrich Janzen explain how they teach geophysics.
Ages: 16-19;
Dave Goulson and Ben Darvill from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust at the University of Stirling, UK, explain why these furry insects are under threat – and what schools can do to help.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a user-friendly, easy-to-read collection of questions and short answers that covers a wide range of science topics, from galaxies colliding in outer space to the amount of fat necessary to render a human bulletproof. These questions and their corresponding answers were…
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Karen Smith from NEF, the New Economics Foundation, London, UK, describes an approach to creating a safe space where students can discuss sensitive topics, like stem-cell research or genetically modified food. How can students be encouraged to explore their values in relation to science topics, and…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Does alchemy sound too good to be true? Paola Rebusco, Henri Boffin and Douglas Pierce-Price, from ESO in Garching, Germany, describe how creating gold – and other heavy metals – is possible, though sadly not in the laboratory.
Ages: 16-19;
| Issue 22
Welcome to the twenty-second issue of SIS
Topics: Uncategorized
| Issue 22
Camp of brilliant brains
Topics: Events
| Issue 22
Build your own microscope: following in Robert Hooke’s footsteps
Topics: Physics, Biology
| Issue 22
Designing a school: taking science out of the classroom
Topics: Resources
| Issue 2
Are there Earth-like planets around other stars?
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 1
Tracing earthquakes: seismology in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Earth science
| Issue 3
Putting the buzz back into school grounds
Topics: Biology, General science
| Issue 3
Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 Other Questions, By New Scientist
Topics: Resources
| Issue 4
Democs: a conversation card activity for teaching science and citizenship
Topics: Science and society, General science
| Issue 5
Fusion in the Universe: where your jewellery comes from
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
