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Welcome to the Science in School advent calendar for 2010: a daily collection of scientific ideas and teaching activities related to Christmas, winter and the end of term.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
When you snap a selfie or film a video for social media, where does that information go? Find out how magnetic ‘storms’ could help us achieve better, faster data storage.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Fay Christodoulou, a Greek PhD student at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), is an example that shows not every researcher is born with a passion for science. She describes to Anna-Lynn Wegener from EMBL how her biology teacher inspired a long-lasting interest in science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Halina Stanley investigates the history of chewing gum, how the chemistry of the gum affects its properties, and how scientists are using this knowledge to make chewing gum less of a pollutant.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Alison McLure tells Marlene Rau about her adventurous life as a physicist – from being a TV presenter and forecasting the weather in the Antarctic to taking gap-year students on an expedition to an island in the South Atlantic.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Bioinformatics is usually done with a powerful computer. With help from Cleopatra Kozlowski, however, you can investigate our primate ancestry – armed with nothing but a pen and paper.
Ages: not applicable;
Tim Birkhead tells Karin Ranero Celius about promiscuous birds and teaching science students.
Ages: 16-19;
What makes viruses so virulent? Why do we enjoy music? Why is the Alhambra so beautiful? The answer? Mathematics!
Ages: 16-19;
In Sweden there lives a small, green dragon called Berta, who invites young children to join her adventures in Dragon Land – all of which are about chemistry.
Ages: <11;
To keep refuelling its reactor, the EFDA-JET facility fires frozen hydrogen pellets into 150 million°C plasma. But these pellets have an added benefit as well.
Ages: 16-19;
| Issue 17
Advent calendar 2010
Topics: Resources
| Issue 62
Information revolution: how ultra-short bursts of light could help us improve data storage
Topics: Coding, Engineering, News from the EIROs, Physics, Science and society
| Issue 3
Memories of a very special teacher
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 9
Materials science to the rescue: easily removable chewing gum
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 11
“Admitting to being a physicist isn’t really the best chat-up line”
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 17
Bioinformatics with pen and paper: building a phylogenetic tree
Topics: Biology
| Issue 18
Battle of the birds: interview with Tim Birkhead
Topics: Biology
| Issue 23
Finding maths where you least expect it: interview with Marcus du Sautoy
Topics: Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 28
The way of the dragon: chemistry for the youngest
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 29
Super cold meets super hot
Topics: Physics, Engineering
