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Designing a glider wing helps students understand forces and what it means to be an engineer.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Imagine living with the danger that your home could be flooded at any time. This challenge will enable pupils aged 7–14 to discover the impact that flooding has on people’s lives, and how science and technology can mitigate its effects and help find potential solutions.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Programmes don’t need a computer – turn your students into coders and robots with just pens, paper and a stack of cups.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Clues to the history of the Earth, the Milky Way and the Universe are hidden on the lunar surface.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Could hydrogen be the best alternative for fossil fuels? This demonstration shows how a hydrogen economy might work in practice.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Industrial activities and even geological changes can affect the quality of water, causing contamination that poses risks to human health and the environment. Learn how to become an independent analyst to ensure that we have good-quality water.
Ages: 16-19;
More than 10 years ago, a very clever and inventive inhabitant from a favela discovered he could produce light without electricity. Now solar bulbs are spreading all over the world.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
The smooth operation of communications satellites can be influenced by solar weather. Mimic this effect on a smaller scale in the classroom with a simple demonstration.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
To keep refuelling its reactor, the EFDA-JET facility fires frozen hydrogen pellets into 150 million°C plasma. But these pellets have an added benefit as well.
Ages: 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
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High flyers: thinking like an engineer
Topics: Physics, Engineering
| Issue 32
Beat the Flood
Topics: Earth science, Engineering, Science and society
| Issue 31
Coding without computers
Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mathematics
| Issue 30
Lunar Diary: a chronicle of Earth’s journey through space and time, as seen from the Moon
Topics: Astronomy / space, Engineering
| Issue 30
A classroom hydrogen economy
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 29
Become a water quality analyst
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 29
Light refraction in primary education: the solar bottle bulb
Topics: Physics, Engineering
| Issue 29
Simulating the effect of the solar wind
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
| Issue 29
Super cold meets super hot
Topics: Physics, Engineering
| Issue 28
From construction to destruction: building lasers and melting walls
Topics: News from the EIROs, General science, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering
