Painting in a petri dish
Create a living piece of ‘agar art’ to discover the invisible world of microbes living on our hands.
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Create a living piece of ‘agar art’ to discover the invisible world of microbes living on our hands.
The European Space Agency’s Astro Pi Challenge gives students the chance to conduct their own science investigation on the International Space Station.
Pathogens that threaten human health are constantly evolving to keep ahead of our defences. But we can now track these changes at the genetic level, even as they are happening.
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
A blade of grass and a high tower both need to stand up against forces that threaten to level them. Are there design principles that they can exploit to achieve this?
Welcome to the Science in School Advent calendar, packed with inspiring teaching ideas for Christmas, winter and the end of term.
What happens inside magnets? This fun activity for primary school pupils helps them find out – by turning themselves into a magnet.
Using effervescent heartburn tablets, model the action of volcanoes to measure the intensity of the explosions and create your own measurement scale.
Encourage your students to enter our writing competition – and see their work published.
As a ‘scientist / inventor in residence’ at a primary school, teacher Carole Kenrick inspires children and is inspired by them.
Painting in a petri dish
Run your coding experiment in space
Evolution in action: pathogens
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Bionic structures: from stalks to skyscrapers
Advent calendar 2016
Be a magnet for a day
Measuring the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption
Student competition: the search for the strangest species on Earth
The sweet taste of science