Designing a school: taking science out of the classroom
How can the architecture of a school influence its teaching? Allan Andersen, head teacher of Copenhagen’s Ørestad Gymnasium, tells Adam Gristwood and Eleanor Hayes.
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How can the architecture of a school influence its teaching? Allan Andersen, head teacher of Copenhagen’s Ørestad Gymnasium, tells Adam Gristwood and Eleanor Hayes.
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Nektarios Tsagliotis explains how to build an effective microscope using simple materials – enabling your students to discover a hidden world, just as Robert Hooke did in 1665.
The brilliant yellows of van Gogh’s paintings are turning a nasty brown. Andrew Brown reveals how sophisticated X-ray techniques courtesy of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, can explain why.
Marine biologist Jean-Luc Solandt tells Karin Ranero Celius about his commitment to study and preserve one of the world’s biggest treasures: the ocean.
How does cancer develop, and how can geneticists tell that a cell is cancerous? This teaching activity developed by the Communication and Public Engagement team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK, answers these and other related questions.
David Fischer takes us on a trip to the bottom of the sea to learn about cold seeps – their ecosystems, potential fuels, and possible involvement in global warming.
Elias Kalogirou and Eleni Nicas introduce a selection of very small-scale chemistry experiments for school.
TV detectives often rely on genetic fingerprinting to track down criminals, but what is the science behind the technique?
In this, the second of two articles, climate researcher Rasmus Benestad from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute examines the evidence that humans are causing climate change.
Designing a school: taking science out of the classroom
Welcome to the twenty-first issue of Science in School
Build your own microscope: following in Robert Hooke’s footsteps
Van Gogh’s darkening legacy
Jean-Luc Solandt: diving into marine conservation
Can you spot a cancer mutation?
Cold seeps: marine ecosystems based on hydrocarbons
Microscale chemistry: experiments for schools
Welcome to the twenty-second issue of SIS
What do we know about climate? Investigating the effects of anthropogenic global warming