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Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira is using science to combat wildlife traffickers in Brazil.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What links your jeans, sea snails, woad plants and the Egyptian royal family? It’s the dye, indigo. Learn about its fascinating history and how you can extract it at school.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Finding out what is going on in the core of a fusion experiment at 100 million degrees Celsius is no easy matter, but there are clever ways to work it out.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
From a homemade thermometer to knitting needles that grow: here are some simple but fun experiments for primary-school pupils to investigate what happens to solids, liquids and gases when we heat them.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
In the third article in this series on astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, learn about the exotic and powerful cosmic phenomena that astronomers investigate with X-ray and gamma-ray observatories, including the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL missions.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members (EIROs).
Ages: not applicable;
If you teach geography, earth science, physics, or even information and communications technology (ICT) or biology, you should definitely visit the Eduspace website from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Ages: not applicable;
Physics teacher Maria Dobkowska describes the challenges of remaining creative within a strictly defined national curriculum and of working with children with disabilities.
Ages: not applicable;
Why is symmetry so central to the understanding of crystals? And why did ‘forbidden’ symmetry change the definition of crystals themselves?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Research into the genetics of the autism spectrum is increasing our understanding of these conditions, and may lead to better ways to diagnose and manage them.
Ages: 16-19;
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Cracking down on wildlife trafficking
Topics: Biology, General science
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Indigo: recreating Pharaoh’s dye
Topics: Chemistry, General science
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Seeing the light: monitoring fusion experiments
Topics: Physics, General science, Chemistry, Engineering
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The effect of heat: simple experiments with solids, liquids and gases
Topics: Physics, General science
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More than meets the eye: the exotic, high-energy Universe
Topics: Physics, General science, Astronomy / space
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Bigger, faster, hotter
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space, Engineering
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The Eduspace website, by the European Space Agency
Topics: Resources
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Making physics flourish in Poland: Maria Dobkowska
Topics: Profiles
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The new definition of crystals – or how to win a Nobel Prize
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, General science, Chemistry
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Behind the autism spectrum
Topics: Biology, General science, Health
