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Teach issue23telescope
| Issue 23

Build your own radio telescope

​Astronomers use giant radio telescopes to observe black holes and distant galaxies. Why not build your own small-scale radio telescope and observe objects closer to home?

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
         

Inspire issue23sons
| Issue 23

Science on Stage: a Slovak-British relationship

​For two science teachers from opposite ends of Europe – David Featonby and Zuzana Ješková – Science on Stage was the beginning of an inspiring and enjoyable collaboration.

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Events
 

Understand issue23solar
| Issue 23

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 potential?

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
         

Inspire
| Issue 23

The PhET website

Physics Education Technology (PhET to its friends) is the slick but not very meaningful title of a site that offers a wide range of excellent interactive physics simulations for secondary-school and university students.

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Resources
   

Understand issue23intersex
| Issue 23

Intersex: falling outside the norm

Male or female? What are the issues surrounding children for whom the answer is not clear? Researchers Eric Vilain and Melissa Hines hope to provide some of the answers.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Health
           

Inspire
| Issue 23

Inflight Science: A guide to the world from your airplane window, by Brian Clegg

Holding this book in my hands as I boarded what would be an eight-hour flight, I planned to read the modest 204 pages whilst airborne. When we landed, I had managed just 70, thanks to all the observation, thinking and note-taking that Inflight Science: A guide to the world from your airplane window…

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Resources