Extract value from wool waste: keratin and the circular economy
Spinning a yarn: explore the chemistry of wool and use it as a raw material for biobased products through simple hand-on activities.
Article of the week
Ten things we’ve learned about the Higgs boson in the past ten years
Meet the Higgs boson: what have physicists learned about this particle in the ten years since its discovery?
Read more
Simple gravimetric chemical analysis – weighing molecules the microscale way
Learn how to do quantitative chemistry using microscale techniques with bottle tops and inexpensive spirit burners that are relatively easy and quick to set up.
Biomimicry: a nature-based approach to designing sustainable futures
Learn from nature: biomimicry can be an inspiring interdisciplinary teaching tool that motivates students through engagement with real-world problems.
Discover
We cover a wide range of scientific topics and many articles are additionally available as translations in different European languages.
Understand
Explore cutting-edge science and real-world applications.
Inspire
Discover projects, people, and resources.
Teach
Find ideas and teaching materials for classroom activities.
Have you seen...
Articles from previous issues
Science for the Next Generation: activities for primary school
Wayne A Mitchell, Debonair Sherman, Andrea Choppy and Rachel L Gomes from the Next Generation project describe some of their science activities to…
Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy / space, Earth science
Putting the buzz back into school grounds
Dave Goulson and Ben Darvill from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust at the University of Stirling, UK, explain why these furry insects are under…
Biology, General science
Solar energy: silicon solar cells
With oil reserves running out, silicon solar cells offer an alternative source of energy. How do they work and how can we exploit their full…
Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
Teaching events
Discover free events and activities offered by the EIROforum members and other non-profit groups.
EMBL – Unfold your World
Discover the wonder of proteins with this exciting science & art competition. Unfold Your World provides free classroom-ready resources and is open to students aged 14–18, who can win prizes and see their artwork displayed in a special exhibition.
Get involved
Write an article
Do you have an engaging classroom activity to share with other teachers? Is there an interesting scientific topic that you could explain to STEM teachers and their students? We welcome submissions from teachers and scientists.
Review an article
Would you like to help ensure that our content is interesting, inspiring and useful to STEM teachers? Consider joining the Science in School teacher reviewer panel. There is no obligation; just send us an email to express your interest.
Translate an article
If you find an article interesting or useful, perhaps you'd consider translating it into your native language? This really helps to increase the reach of our content so that as many teachers as possible can benefit from it.