Perfumes with a pop: aroma chemistry with essential oils
Have fun with organic chemistry by extracting sweet-smelling essential oils from fragrant plants.
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Have fun with organic chemistry by extracting sweet-smelling essential oils from fragrant plants.
Learn about a variety of biochemical processes with these quick, simple experiments using one of the world’s favourite fruits.
A species of bacterium discovered on the decaying wreck of the Titanic is providing new insights into how to protect living cells from damage.
Use a lollipop to activate colour-changing redox reactions in this simple but eye-catching activity.
A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber from the roots.
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 the EIROs.
Get your hands dirty with these classroom experiments exploring the composition of soil – and find out why this matters.
By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
How many ‘chemicals’ are there in a fresh mushroom? These simple experiments reveal the hidden chemistry within natural foods.
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 the EIROs.
Perfumes with a pop: aroma chemistry with essential oils
Go bananas for biochemistry
Titanic and the iron-eating bacteria
Colourful chemistry: redox reactions with lollipops
Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future
Dinosaur discovery, self-sufficient space flight and structural biology for students
Field research: discovering the structure of soil
Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors
Natural experiments: chemistry with mushrooms
Crash-tolerant cars, toxic tattoo ink and the first X-ray laser light