English, Teaching activities
The genetics of obesity: a lab activity
By Sarah McLusky, Rosina Malagrida and Lorena Valverde
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Around 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese. Are we just eating too much or can we blame our genes? Here’s how to investigate the genetics of obesity in the classroom. |
Exploring scientific research articles in the classroom
By Miriam Ossevoort, Marcel Koeneman and Martin Goedhart
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Learn how to use research articles in your science lessons. |
Movers and shakers: physics in the oceans
By Susan Watt
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Contrary to the popular saying, deep waters are often far from still – which is just as well for marine life. Activities using simple water tanks are a good way to find out about the physics at work beneath the waves. |
The effect of heat: simple experiments with solids, liquids and gases
By Erland Andersen and Andrew Brown
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From a homemade thermometer to knitting needles that grow: here are some simple but fun experiments for primary-school pupils to investigate what happens to solids, liquids and gases when we heat them. |
Seeing is believing: 3D illusions
By Andrew Brown
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To make the two-dimensional images that we see in print and on screen appear more real, we can hijack our brains to create the illusion of a third dimension, depth. These activities explore the physics that make this possible. |
Creating eclipses in the classroom
By Marissa Rosenberg from EU Universe Awareness
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During an eclipse, the Sun or the Moon seems to disappear. What is happening? Why not explore this fascinating phenomenon in the classroom, with an easy to build model? |
Build your own microscope: following in Robert Hooke’s footsteps
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Nektarios Tsagliotis explains how to build an effective microscope using simple materials – enabling your students to discover a hidden world, just as Robert Hooke did in 1665. |
Sky-high science: building rockets at school
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Ever wanted to launch a rocket? Jan-Erik Rønningen, Frida Vestnes, Rohan Sheth and Maria Råken from the European Space Camp explain how. |
Polymers in medicine
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The topic of polymers is often limited to chemistry lessons. The Establish project offers some hands-on activities to investigate these materials and some of their medical applications. |
The physics of crowds
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Crowding affects us almost every day, from supermarket queues to traffic jams. Timothy Saunders from EMBL explains why this is interesting to scientists and how to study the phenomenon in class. |
