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Male or female? What are the issues surrounding children for whom the answer is not clear? Researchers Eric Vilain and Melissa Hines hope to provide some of the answers.
Ages: 16-19;
Holding this book in my hands as I boarded what would be an eight-hour flight, I planned to read the modest 204 pages whilst airborne. When we landed, I had managed just 70, thanks to all the observation, thinking and note-taking that Inflight Science: A guide to the world from your airplane window…
Ages: not applicable;
As I write this, the children in my village have been back at school for two weeks. The school just down the road, however, doesn’t start again for another two weeks. If school holidays – and indeed school types, curricula and teacher training – differ so much within Germany, how much…
Ages: not applicable;
Physics teacher Maria Dobkowska describes the challenges of remaining creative within a strictly defined national curriculum and of working with children with disabilities.
Ages: not applicable;
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;
The print copy of this issue of Science in School has a mass of nearly a quarter of a kilogram. But do you know how a kilogram is defined?
Ages: not applicable;
Civil engineer John Burland talks about the perils and practicalities of supporting some of the world’s most iconic buildings.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Studying the chemical composition of some of the planet’s oldest rocks has revolutionised our understanding of how our continents formed.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What does the majority of our DNA do? Hundreds of scientists have spent years examining these ‘junk’ sequences, which may hold the key to serious diseases – and much more.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Around 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese. Are we just eating too much or can we blame our genes? Here’s how to investigate the genetics of obesity in the classroom.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 23
Intersex: falling outside the norm
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 23
Inflight Science: A guide to the world from your airplane window, by Brian Clegg
Topics: Resources
| Issue 24
Welcome to the twenty-fourth issue of Science in School
Topics: Uncategorized
| Issue 24
Making physics flourish in Poland: Maria Dobkowska
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 24
Indigo: recreating Pharaoh’s dye
Topics: Chemistry, General science
| Issue 25
Welcome to the twenty-fifth issue of Science in School
Topics: Uncategorized
| Issue 26
Propping up the wall: how to rescue a leaning tower
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Engineering
| Issue 26
Cracking the mystery of how our planet formed
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 26
Laying bare our genetic blueprint
Topics: Biology
| Issue 26
The genetics of obesity: a lab activity
Topics: Biology, Health
