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Learn how you and your students can use mathematics to study Jupiter’s moons.
Ages: 16-19;
Learn how to use research articles in your science lessons.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Contrary to the popular saying, deep waters are often far from still – which is just as well for marine life. Activities using simple water tanks are a good way to find out about the physics at work beneath the waves.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
European countries produce more than half of the world’s wine – and drink a lot of it too! These hands-on activities for schools reveal the science behind the perfect wine.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What links your jeans, sea snails, woad plants and the Egyptian royal family? It’s the dye, indigo. Learn about its fascinating history and how you can extract it at school.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
From a homemade thermometer to knitting needles that grow: here are some simple but fun experiments for primary-school pupils to investigate what happens to solids, liquids and gases when we heat them.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
To make the two-dimensional images that we see in print and on screen appear more real, we can hijack our brains to create the illusion of a third dimension, depth. These activities explore the physics that make this possible.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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;
During an eclipse, the Sun or the Moon seems to disappear. What is happening? Why not explore this fascinating phenomenon in the classroom, with an easy to build model?
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Did you know that you can use old hi-fi speakers to detect earthquakes? And also carry out some simple earthquake experiments in the classroom? Here’s how.
Ages: 16-19;
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Galileo and the moons of Jupiter: exploring the night sky of 1610
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Exploring scientific research articles in the classroom
Topics: Biology, General science
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Movers and shakers: physics in the oceans
Topics: Physics, Earth science
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Analysing wine at school
Topics: Chemistry, General science
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Indigo: recreating Pharaoh’s dye
Topics: Chemistry, General science
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The effect of heat: simple experiments with solids, liquids and gases
Topics: Physics, General science
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Seeing is believing: 3D illusions
Topics: Physics, Biology, General science
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Build your own radio telescope
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Creating eclipses in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Building a seismograph from scrap
Topics: Physics, Earth science
