Elements in focus: helium
Helium: gas of awe, wonder, and worry. Is it time to give this noble gas the respect it deserves?
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Helium: gas of awe, wonder, and worry. Is it time to give this noble gas the respect it deserves?
How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.
Explore electromagnetic induction and of one of its well-known applications – the induction hob – with these hands-on activities.
Not just for remote teaching: virtual labs really came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they can generally be a useful addition to the STEM teacher’s toolbox.
Explore phase transitions between different states of matter through a series of engaging hands-on experiments.
Your mission: to land an intrepid egg-naut safely on the surface of the Moon and learn about classical mechanics along the way.
Fusion and fission: both release energy, but how do these processes differ and what are the implications for electricity generation?
Beyond the five senses: Some bacteria can sense magnetic fields. Learn how they do this and how this could help us design nanorobots.
Here’s another scientific crossword puzzle to help keep your students busy – and perhaps even a little entertained.
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.
Elements in focus: helium
Fantastic feats: experimenting with water
Faraday’s law of induction: from classroom to kitchen
Virtual labs, real science
States of matter & phase transitions
Landing on the Moon – planning and designing a lunar lander
Fusion vs fission
Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots
Science (and more) crossword
Energy-efficient devices, next-generation telescopes, and sustainable paint from beetle scales