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Did you realise that fireworks cause measurable air pollution? Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from Bristol University, UK, explain how to investigate atmospheric pollutants in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Even everyday scents have the power to take us back in time, awakening half-forgotten memories. With Gianluca Farusi’s help, you can take your students 2000 years into the past, recreating and testing Julius Caesar’s perfume.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla.
Ages: 16-19;
What types of plastic are used to build a car? How are they synthesised and recycled? Marlene Rau and Peter Nentwig introduce two activities from the ‘Chemie im Kontext’ project.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist – as Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Marlene Rau presents some fizzy and fun activities involving carbon dioxide, developed by Chemol and Science on the Shelves.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Matthew Blakeley from ILL and his colleagues from ESRF and elsewhere have discovered how antifreeze in Arctic fish blood keeps them alive in sub-zero conditions. He and Eleanor Hayes explain.
Ages: 16-19;
The brilliant yellows of van Gogh’s paintings are turning a nasty brown. Andrew Brown reveals how sophisticated X-ray techniques courtesy of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, can explain why.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Renewable energy is not only important in the developed world; in developing countries, it may be a prerequisite to overcoming poverty. Marlene Rau introduces a teaching activity from Practical Action.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
As though planets from outside our Solar System were not exciting enough, astronomers have recently discovered a planet orbiting a star from outside our galaxy Johny Setiawan reports.
Ages: 16-19;
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Smoke is in the air: how fireworks affect air quality
Topics: Chemistry
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Smell like Julius Caesar: recreating ancient perfumes in the laboratory
Topics: Chemistry
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A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling
Topics: Chemistry
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Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
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Fizzy fun: CO2 in primary school science
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
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Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Van Gogh’s darkening legacy
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Moja Island: learning about renewable energy sources
Topics: Earth science
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A planet from another galaxy
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
