English, Chemistry
A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
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Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla. |
Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling
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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. |
Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
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How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist – as Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain. |
Fizzy fun: CO2 in primary school science
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Marlene Rau presents some fizzy and fun activities involving carbon dioxide, developed by Chemol and Science on the Shelves. |
Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish
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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.
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Van Gogh’s darkening legacy
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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. |
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Building a space habitat in the classroom
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What does it take to live on the Moon or even Mars? Erin Tranfield suggests an interdisciplinary teaching activity to get your students thinking about this – and learning a lot of science along the way. |
What is chemiluminescence?
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Glowing jellyfish, flickering fireflies, fun glow sticks; Emma Welsh introduces the beautiful and mysterious world of chemiluminescence. |
Amber: an introduction to organic chemistry
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Did you know that the electron and electricity are named after amber, the ‘gold’ of the Baltic Sea? Bernhard Sturm’s teaching unit based on this fossilised resin introduces not only conductivity but also many other characteristics of solid organic compounds. |
Moringa: the science behind the miracle tree
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Moringas have long been known as miracle trees. Now scientists are investigating their properties in depth, as Sue Nelson and Marlene Rau report. |
