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Everybody dance now: students hold ropes and dance to form a topological tangle. Using fraction arithmetic, the knot will finally be untied!
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Future food: would you bite into a test-tube burger or a Petri dish steak? How do we make lab-grown meat, and what might it mean for health, farming, and the environment?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Wherever we live, we affect and are affected by the ocean. Track down escaped rubber ducks, raise mountains, and feel the Sun’s heat to learn more.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Fantastic beasts: take a microscopic moss safari and learn about the diverse and resilient organisms that live in this challenging habitat.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What are slime moulds? And what do they eat for breakfast? Discover these fascinating giant microbes and explore chemotaxis and the scientific method with these slimy experiments.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Did you know that a squid’s brain is donut shaped, so that the oesophagus can pass through it? Or that squid have three hearts? Explore the fascinating physiology of squid in this hands-on activity.
Ages: <11, 14-16, 11-14;
You may have heard pathology labs mentioned in crime shows, but what is plant pathology? Find out about the feuds between plant and pathogen that span millions of years.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
This is the story of how scientists created an image of the region around the black hole at the centre of our galaxy by combining many telescopes into one virtual telescope the size of the Earth.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Fabrics are not just for fashion: explore the processes materials science engineers use when selecting fabrics by designing a parachute.
Ages: 11-14;
Great and small: use this photomicroscopy project to explore the way structure relates to function and the links between science and art.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
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Dance, tangles, and topology!
Topics: Mathematics, STEAM
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From Petri dish to plate: the journey of cultivated meat
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society, Sustainability
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Practical ocean literacy for all: Earth science
Topics: Earth science, Science and society, Sustainability
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Moss Safari: what lives in moss?
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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Moving slime: exploring chemotaxis with slime mould
Topics: Biology, General science
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Squid dissection: a hands-on activity to learn about cephalopod anatomy
Topics: Biology, General science
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Plant pathology: plants can get sick too!
Topics: Biology, Science and society, Sustainability
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How global teamwork revealed the mystery at the heart of our galaxy
Topics: Astronomy / space, Engineering, News from the EIROs, Physics
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How do materials science engineers choose fabrics for parachutes?
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Careers in STEM
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It’s a small world: using microscopy to link science, technology, and art
Topics: Biology, Engineering, General science, STEAM
