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The role of our oceans in climate change is more complicated than you might think.
Ages: 16-19;
Why does it rain? Can we predict it? Give physics students a mass of weather data and some information technology, and they can try working this out for themselves.
Ages: 16-19;
Studies of iron oxides under extreme conditions are shining a light on Earth’s interior and its role in our climate.
Ages: 16-19;
Using effervescent heartburn tablets, model the action of volcanoes to measure the intensity of the explosions and create your own measurement scale.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Get your students to use their smartphones for some hands-on astronomy.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Seashells are more than just pretty objects: they also help scientists reconstruct past climates.
Ages: 14-16;
Viruses help carbon sink deep down in the oceans.
Ages: 14-16;
Reporting from the COP21 conference in Paris, we ask why ‘global warming’ can actually make the weather colder.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Folktales can be a great way to introduce hands-on science into the primary-school classroom.
Ages: <11;
Try these hands-on activities to introduce your students to microplastics – a hazard for fish and other marine animals – and to our responsibilities to our environment.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16;
| Issue 39
Climate change: why the oceans matter
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 38
Wind and rain: meteorology in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Earth science
| Issue 38
Under pressure: the role of Earth’s mantle in our climate
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 37
Measuring the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption
Topics: Earth science, Mathematics, General science
| Issue 36
Smart measurements of the heavens
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Opening seashells to reveal climate secrets
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 34
Infecting climate change
Topics: Biology, Earth science
| Issue 34
Unexpected climate change
Topics: Physics, Earth science
| Issue 34
Experimenting with storytelling
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society, General science
| Issue 34
Microplastics: small but deadly
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society
