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Great balls of fire: Try these dramatic experiments with gases to illustrate stoichiometric reactions and combustion.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Build a simple yet sensitive school seismometer for a hands-on exploration of seismology.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How do social drugs affect metabolism? How is toxicity measured? How does climate change affect water ecosystems? Promote active learning by investigating these questions with Daphnia.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
When life gives you lemons: use limonene to explore molecular properties with your students and show them the scientific method in action.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
All teachers have at least one favourite experiment that they are eager to share. Read on to learn more about monthly experiment sharing sessions and discover some low-cost physics experiments to try out in your own classroom.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Sketch graphs from ‘story’ videos of everyday events to help students understand the basic features of graphs and how to interpret them.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Stroll through biological databases: Walking on chromosomes is a CusMiBio project that teaches students how to explore biological databases and extract basic information about human genes. It is a collaborative activity based on working together and sharing discoveries.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Dropping out: learn about the chemistry of precipitation and introduce your students to chemical reactions that form colourful new compounds using microscale chemistry methods that are cheap, quick, and easy to do.
Ages: 14-16, 11-14, 16-19;
What would the world look like if we could see infrared light? With some simple modifications, you can turn a cheap webcam into an infrared camera and find out!
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Silly or serious? Rube Goldberg machines are not only a lot of fun but can help students to understand the principles of conservation and transfer of energy.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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Playing with fire: stoichiometric reactions and gas combustion
Topics: Chemistry, Physics
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Hands-on seismology: constructing a school seismometer
Topics: Earth science, Engineering, Physics, Coding
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From drugs to climate change: hands-on experiments with Daphnia as a model organism
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Health
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Citrus science: learn with limonene
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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My favourite experiments – connecting teachers and ideas
Topics: Engineering, General science, Physics, Resources
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Graphing stories
Topics: General science, Mathematics, Physics
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A chromosome walk
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
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Pleasing precipitation performances – the microscale way
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability
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Infrared webcam hack – using infrared light to observe the world in a new way
Topics: Astronomy / space, Earth science, Engineering, Physics
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Conservation and transfer of energy: project-based learning with Rube Goldberg machines
Topics: Engineering, General science, Physics, STEAM
