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Three key factors were required for life to develop on Earth – but which factor came first? Recent research could help settle the debate.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How can you make oil and water stay mixed? A scientist’s curiosity about a lemon liqueur has revealed how to do this – with some promising industrial applications.
Ages: 16-19;
Witness a spectacular chemical reaction and take some careful measurements to work out the empirical formula of a compound.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
New studies are uncovering how emissions from daily household activities pollute the air we breathe at home.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
Encourage students to stay safe in the sun with a collection of activities to discover the science behind sunscreen.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Use thin-layer chromatography to discover the variety of pigments that play a role in photosynthesis and give leaves their colour.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
How much do your students know about the properties of the chemical elements and how they are used? Find out with this elements quiz, based on articles in Science in School.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
The periodic table hangs on the wall in just about every chemistry classroom. But its now-iconic design could have looked very different.
Ages: not applicable;
Find out how women scientists contributed to knowledge of the chemical elements – and what this tells us about the nature of scientific work, then and now.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Finding the recipe for life on Earth
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
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Limoncello and the science of emulsions
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Classic chemistry: finding the empirical formula
Topics: Chemistry
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Take a deep breath? Investigating indoor air pollution
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
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Magnetism in the Earth’s mantle, impressive asteroid observations, and insights into influenza
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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How effective is your sunscreen?
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Health
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Colour, chlorophyll and chromatography
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Quiz: elemental pursuit
Topics: Chemistry, General science
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Arranging the elements: the evolving design of the periodic table
Topics: Chemistry
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In their element: women of the periodic table
Topics: Chemistry
