Advent calendar 2015: week four
December 17, 2015 | Issue 34Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar for 2015.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
INSPIRE
Watch Principia live
December 15, 2015 | Issue 34Watch the launch of ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko to the International Space Station on 15 December at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET).
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Tim Peake, Astronaut
Advent calendar 2015: week three
December 11, 2015 | Issue 34Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar for 2015.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Advent calendar 2015: week two
December 6, 2015 | Issue 34Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar for 2015
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Advent calendar 2015: week one
November 30, 2015 | Issue 34Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar for 2015.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Teacher on the high seas
November 23, 2015 | Issue 34Educator, student and Arctic explorer combined – Giulia Realdon can’t think of a better job than being a science teacher.
Ages: not applicable; Keywords: Teaching resources, Artic regions, Careers in science
The mathematician who became a biologist
November 23, 2015 | Issue 34Theodore Alexandrov is taking what he learned from working on the economy and applying it to the chemicals on our skin.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Mathematics, Biology, Molecular biology
Space for all the sciences: the ESA teachers workshop
November 23, 2015 | Issue 34In July 2015, 120 teachers from around Europe converged at ESA to learn how to use space as a context for broader teaching.
Ages: not applicable; Keywords: Event
UNDERSTAND
Planet parade in the morning sky
January 28, 2016 | Issue 34Right now (and continuing until late February 2016), Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter are visible in the sky in a straight line: a rare astronomical show.
Ages: not applicable; Keywords: Planets, Orbit
Infecting climate change
December 7, 2015 | Issue 34Viruses help carbon sink deep down in the oceans.
Ages: 14-16; Keywords: Climate change, Climate, Virus, Infectious diseases
Unexpected climate change
December 1, 2015 | Issue 34Reporting from the COP21 conference in Paris, we ask why ‘global warming’ can actually make the weather colder.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Climate, Climate change, Global warming
A safari in your mouth’s microbial jungle
November 25, 2015 | Issue 34A citizen science project travelled over 7000 km to explore the microbial population in students’ mouths.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Biology, Health, Hygiene, Scientific method
Planetary energy budgets
November 25, 2015 | Issue 34Understanding Earth’s climate system can teach us about other planets.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Geography, Biology
Learning from laughter
November 25, 2015 | Issue 34Neuroscientist and stand-up comic Sophie Scott explains the complexity and social importance of laughter.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, ICT, Music, Social sciences, Relations in class and in school, Social media
Space, student visits and new science
November 24, 2015 | Issue 34Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
How neuroscience is helping us to understand attention and memory
November 23, 2015 | Issue 34How electrodes placed directly in the brain are teaching us about learning.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Neurobiology, Brain
TEACH
Doing is understanding: science fun in India
November 26, 2015 | Issue 34School children in India built their own digital microscope, bent light and investigated gas laws. Find out how.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16; Keywords: Microscopy, Light, Gas laws
Experimenting with storytelling
November 26, 2015 | Issue 34Folktales can be a great way to introduce hands-on science into the primary-school classroom.
Ages: <11; Keywords: All sciences
High flyers: thinking like an engineer
November 25, 2015 | Issue 34Designing a glider wing helps students understand forces and what it means to be an engineer.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19; Keywords: Physics, Material science, Engineering
Microplastics: small but deadly
November 25, 2015 | Issue 34Try these hands-on activities to introduce your students to microplastics – a hazard for fish and other marine animals – and to our responsibilities to our environment.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16; Keywords: Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Organic chemistry
EDITORIAL
Editorial issue 34
November 26, 2015 | Issue 34Ahead of the traditional New Year resolutions, Science in School has changed its look.
Ages: not applicable;