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Sonia Furtado and Marlene Rau report on the news from the national Science on Stage representatives.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Luis Peralta, professor at the University of Lisbon’s physics department, and Carmen Oliveira, physics and chemistry teacher at Casquilhos High School in Barreiro near Lisbon, describe the ‘Environmental radiation’ project, in which students become actively and enthusiastically involved in…
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Halina Stanley introduces a number of spectacular classroom experiments using microwaves.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
As Head Conservator at the National Trust, Katy Lithgow’s education turned her into ‘more an arts person’ than a scientist – but her work has shown how the two can be inextricably linked. Vienna Leigh finds out how.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
DNA, also known as the molecule of life, has fascinated scientists since its discovery over half a century ago.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Continuing our energy series, Menno van Dijk introduces us to the past, present and future of hydrocarbons – still the most common of all fuels.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In the second of two articles, Dudley Shallcross, Tim Harrison, Steve Henshaw and Linda Sellou offer chemistry and physics experiments to harness the Sun’s energy and measure carbon dioxide levels.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Lucy Patterson spoke to Greek science teacher Theodoros Pierratos, who recently won the chance to bring physics to life for his students in a truly extraordinary way with the help of the European Space Agency.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Ľudmila Onderová from PJ Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia, introduces us to the use of black boxes in the physics classroom.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In 2009, the world celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Emmanuel Reynaud revisits the story of the vessel aboard which the foundations for Darwin’s publication were laid.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Science on Stage: recent activities
Topics: Events
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Radioactivity in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Science and society, General science
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Microwave experiments at school
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Science and society, General science
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The science of preserving art
Topics: Profiles
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Gene ABC website, By the Swiss National Science Foundation
Topics: Resources
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Hydrocarbons: a fossil but not (yet) extinct
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science, Engineering, Science and society
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Looking to the heavens: climate change experiments
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Engineering
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A classroom in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Physics: a black box?
Topics: Physics, General science
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The Beagle
Topics: Science and society
