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Pocketful of sunshine: build a solar cooker and learn about the thermoelectric effect with Peltier modules.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Recent results from EUROfusion’s JET experiment have demonstrated sustained high fusion power for the first time. These ground-breaking results could pave the way for fusion energy to play a key role in tackling climate change.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Silly or serious? Rube Goldberg machines are not only a lot of fun but can help students to understand the principles of conservation and transfer of energy.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Could leftover nutshells be the next renewable energy source? Challenge your students to find out using calorimetry.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Measuring the temperature inside a fusion reactor is no easy task. Find out how it’s done – and even simulate it in the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
“If we don’t protect our environment, we won’t have one,” say Carolina, 13, from Portugal.
Ages: not applicable;
Hydrogen may be the fuel of the future, but how can we produce it sustainably? Karin Willquist explains.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Have you ever wondered how best to make students aware of the issues surrounding our current fossil-fuel-intensive lifestyle? After all, they stand a good chance of seeing fossil fuels perhaps not run out but become unaffordable in their lifetime.
Ages: not applicable;
Glowing jellyfish, flickering fireflies, fun glow sticks; Emma Welsh introduces the beautiful and mysterious world of chemiluminescence.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Have you ever longed for a hot drink or meal but had no fire or stove to hand? Marlene Rau presents two activities from the Lebensnaher Chemieunterricht portal that use chemical reactions to heat food – and to introduce the topic of exothermic reactions.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 61
Cooking with sunlight and producing electricity using Peltier modules
Topics: Engineering, Physics, Science and society
| Issue 57
JET sets new fusion energy record
Topics: Engineering, News from the EIROs, Physics, Science and society, Sustainability
| Issue 56
Conservation and transfer of energy: project-based learning with Rube Goldberg machines
Topics: Engineering, General science, Physics, STEAM
| Issue 45
Bioenergy in a nutshell
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 26
A thermometer that goes to 200 million degrees
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 24
In a class of their own: lessons in energy and education from European schools
Topics: Resources
| Issue 22
Hydrogen: the green energy carrier of the future?
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 20
Sustainable Energy – without the hot air, by David MacKay
Topics: Resources
| Issue 19
What is chemiluminescence?
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 18
The heat is on: heating food and drinks with chemical energy
Topics: Chemistry
