Back to School with space-related STEM projects from ESA and ESERO 2025–2026
Explore five inspiring STEM projects from ESA and the ESERO network. Use the excitement of space to engage students and enhance your STEM teaching!
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CSI Astronomy: learn how to spot fake astrophotography images
We’ve all been there: we see a stunning astrophotography image that has gone viral on social media, showing perhaps a huge full Moon aligned with some landmark or the Milky Way arching in the sky above some exotic location. But then we start second-guessing ourselves – something doesn’t look…
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X-rays shed light on enhancing zinc uptake in pepper plants
Zinc is an important trace element for plants and animals alike. Learn how nanoparticles could supply zinc to crops without having to add it to the soil.
Wall of stars: illuminate stellar life cycles with physics and coding
Written in the stars: use microcontrollers and LEDs to model stellar life cycles, scaling billions of years into minutes while exploring stellar evolution.
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Peering into the darkness: modelling black holes in primary school
Having difficulties explaining black holes to your students? Why not try these simple activities in the…
Astronomy / space
¿Qué sucede cuando las células adoptan el peligro?
Traducido por Eliana G. Acosta. Los científicos proponen una nueva hipótesis para abordar uno de los grandes misterios remanentes de la evolución…
Understand, Biology
La pile à bactéries: de l’électricité à partir de la levure
Traduit par Maurice A Casimir. Nous savons tous que l’on utilise la levure pour produire la bière et le pain – mais de l’électricité? Dean…
Biology, Chemistry
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