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| Issue 22

Designing a school: taking science out of the classroom

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;
Topics: Resources
           

| Issue 19

Schoolhouse scientists

Sarah Stanley explains how Becky Parker gets her students involved in particle physics at CERN. Why not get your students to join in too?

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Topics: Profiles
       

| Issue 18

Teacher solidarity: a UK-Rwandan physics project

Thanks to the determination of UK physics teacher David Richardson, increasing numbers of students in Rwandan schools are experiencing the delight of practical work. Vienna Leigh reports.

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Topics: Profiles
     

| Issue 18

Instructables website

www.instructables.com is a website that shows you how to make all sorts of weird and wonderful things, from apple coasters to a z-bend hyper-hornet.

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Topics: Resources

| Issue 17

Blind date in the science classroom

Biology and chemistry teacher Werner Liese talks to Marlene Rau about the challenges of performing science experiments with blind and visually impaired students.

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Topics: Profiles
   

| Issue 17

School experiments at the nanoscale

Eleanor Hayes highlights some education resources about the nanoscale and nanotechnology.

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
Topics: Chemistry, General science
     

| Issue 16

The physics of inspiration: teaching in Austria

Gyro-cars, gymnastic cats and a slow-motion slap in the face. Lucy Patterson spoke to Rudolf Ziegelbecker, an Austrian physics teacher, about how to catch the imagination of even the most anti-physics students.

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Topics: Profiles