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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;
Dominique Cornuéjols from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility introduces us to the world of crystallography. It’s not all shiny diamonds…
Ages: 16-19;
Systems biology is one of the fastest growing fields in the life sciences. But what is it all about? And does it have a place in the classroom? Les Grivell from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in Heidelberg, Germany, investigates.
Ages: 16-19;
Energy – why is it so important, where do we get it and how much do we use? Gieljan de Vries from the Dutch FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen investigates.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Karen Bultitude introduces a set of simple, fun and memorable demonstrations using everyday ingredients to explain meteorological phenomena.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Dudley Shallcross, Tim Harrison, Steve Henshaw and Linda Sellou offer chemistry and physics experiments harnessing alternative energy sources, such as non-fossil fuels.
Ages: 16-19;
Beat Blattmann and Patrick Sticher from the University of Zürich, Switzerland, explain the science behind protein crystallography and provide a protocol for growing your own crystals from protein – an essential method used by scientists to determine protein structures.
Ages: 16-19;
Catching the influenza virus can be more than just a nuisance: these pathogens have caused the most deadly pandemic in recent history. Claire Ainsworth investigates how scientists are working to prevent it happening again.
Ages: 16-19;
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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
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Biological crystals: at the interface between physics, chemistry and biology
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Systems biology in the classroom?
Topics: Biology
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Powering the world
Topics: Physics, Earth science
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Take the weather with you
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Fuelling interest: climate change experiments
Topics: Chemistry
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Growing crystals from protein
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Outmanoeuvering influenza’s tricks
Topics: Biology
