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Physical science teacher Nicolas Poynter wanted his students not only to learn but also to think for themselves. His solution: a competition to build the fastest car!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Fernanda Veneu-Lumb and Marco Costa show how news reports – even inaccurate ones – can be used in the science classroom.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Earthquakes, global climate or the placement of wind farms – with the help of geographic information systems, these can all be investigated dynamically in the classroom. Joseph Kerski describes how.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Are you looking for ideas to spice up your earth science class? Why not try out one of the rich collection of activities developed by Chris King, Elizabeth Devon and Peter Kennett from Earth Learning Idea.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Werner and Gabriele Stetzenbach tell us how kindergarten and primary-school children discover the world of physics together with secondary-school students as their mentors. Why not try it in your school?
Ages: 11-14;
We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread – but electricity? Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, UK, shows how it works.
Ages: not applicable;
Marco Budinich and Massimo Vascotto introduce a school project to measure radon levels in your own home.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Nataša Gros, Tim Harrison, Irena Štrumbelj Drusany and Alma Kapun Dolinar introduce a selection of experiments with a simple spectrometer designed especially for schools – and give details of how to perform one of the activities.
Ages: 16-19;
Particle physics is often seen as something only for huge research institutes, out of reach of the general public. Francisco Barradas-Solas and Paloma Alameda-Meléndez demonstrate how – with the aid of a homemade particle detector – you can dispel this myth by bringing particle physics to life…
Ages: 16-19;
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Car racing in the physics classroom
Topics: Physics
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Can you spot a cancer mutation?
Topics: Biology, Health
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Using news in the science classroom
Topics: , General science
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GIS: analysing the world in 3D
Topics: Earth science
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Getting down to Earth: ideas for the earth science classroom
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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Physics in kindergarten and primary school
Topics: Physics
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The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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The ‘Radon school survey’: measuring radioactivity at home
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science
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Spectrometry at school: hands-on experiments
Topics: Chemistry
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Bringing particle physics to life: build your own cloud chamber
Topics: Physics
