Science and humour
Find out the link between science and humour with these light-hearted resources.
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Find out the link between science and humour with these light-hearted resources.
The Science in School office will be closing for Christmas soon, but first I’d like to thank everyone involved.
Who murdered Sir Ernest? How do you organise an astronomical school exchange? Why don’t ants have kings? How can you build an ECG for a Venus fly trap? What exactly happens in your intestines?
Today’s announcement that the UK has approved the creation of babies from two women and one man offers an invaluable opportunity to discuss some of the real issues of science with your students.
Simulate a neuron in the classroom.
Hot, luminous and destructive: fire is a force of nature. Here we look at how to use and control it safely with water and carbon dioxide.
What would it be like if numbers and musical tones had colours? People with synaesthesia experience the world in this way – and scientists are trying to find out why.
Why does it rain? Can we predict it? Give physics students a mass of weather data and some information technology, and they can try working this out for themselves.
What happens inside magnets? This fun activity for primary school pupils helps them find out – by turning themselves into a magnet.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Science and humour
Who is behind Science in School?
Murder, microbes and Myrmicinae: Science on Stage Germany
The ethics of genetics
The resting potential: introducing foundations of the nervous system
Practical pyrotechnics
Blended senses: understanding synaesthesia
Wind and rain: meteorology in the classroom
Be a magnet for a day
Proxima b, extremophiles and record-breaking cables