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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;
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;
Investigate how enzymes in your laundry detergent get rid of stains – and which are most important for keeping clothes clean.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Over several decades, the search for new medicines has progressed from mimicking natural molecules to screening many millions of compounds.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
New research is revealing the previously unknown beneficial effects of tree canopies – and the secret life within them.
Ages: 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;
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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
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The history of our Universe, fusion research with comics, and clues about Alzheimer’s disease
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Which laundry enzymes work best?
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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The changing technologies of drug design
Topics: Chemistry, Health
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The secret life of forests
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Mercury’s mysteries, astronomy education and a new generation of X-ray science
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
