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Crowding affects us almost every day, from supermarket queues to traffic jams. Timothy Saunders from EMBL explains why this is interesting to scientists and how to study the phenomenon in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Even everyday scents have the power to take us back in time, awakening half-forgotten memories. With Gianluca Farusi’s help, you can take your students 2000 years into the past, recreating and testing Julius Caesar’s perfume.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla.
Ages: 16-19;
What types of plastic are used to build a car? How are they synthesised and recycled? Marlene Rau and Peter Nentwig introduce two activities from the ‘Chemie im Kontext’ project.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Marlene Rau presents some fizzy and fun activities involving carbon dioxide, developed by Chemol and Science on the Shelves.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Keen to save the world? Andy Newsam and Chris Leigh from the UK’s National Schools’ Observatory introduce an activity where you can potentially do just that: by detecting real asteroids – which may be heading for Earth.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Roller coasters, carousels and other amusement park rides can be great fun – and can even be used as a science lesson, as Giovanni Pezzi explains.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Renewable energy is not only important in the developed world; in developing countries, it may be a prerequisite to overcoming poverty. Marlene Rau introduces a teaching activity from Practical Action.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
What does it take to live on the Moon or even Mars? Erin Tranfield suggests an interdisciplinary teaching activity to get your students thinking about this – and learning a lot of science along the way.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
With the help of a detective game, Kenneth Wallace-Müller from the Gene Jury team introduces the use of DNA in forensics and the ethical questions involved.
Ages: 16-19;
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The physics of crowds
Topics: Physics
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Smell like Julius Caesar: recreating ancient perfumes in the laboratory
Topics: Chemistry
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A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling
Topics: Chemistry
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Fizzy fun: CO2 in primary school science
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science
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Hunting for asteroids
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Going wild: teaching physics on a roller coaster
Topics: Physics
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Moja Island: learning about renewable energy sources
Topics: Earth science
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Building a space habitat in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy / space
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The DNA detective game
Topics: Biology
