Conservation and transfer of energy: project-based learning with Rube Goldberg machines
Silly or serious? Rube Goldberg machines are not only a lot of fun but can help students to understand the principles of conservation and transfer of energy.
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Silly or serious? Rube Goldberg machines are not only a lot of fun but can help students to understand the principles of conservation and transfer of energy.
Seeing is believing: although hands-on practical work is incredibly important, the value of an engaging demonstration should not be overlooked. Explore how demonstrations can enhance STEM teaching and learn how to make the most of them.
Basic research is often misunderstood by the public and misconstrued by the media. Try this role play to learn how research is funded and how basic research advances and protects society.
Did you know that carbon dioxide dissolves in bodies of water and affects the ocean? Explore the effect of carbon dioxide on ocean chemistry with these practical activities.
Exponential growth has become part of daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. These simple exercises help explain this tricky concept
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on exponential growth. This provides an opportunity to teach this tricky concept in a real-world context.
Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?
Do you find the binary system complicated? With this activity, your students will find it as easy as 01,10,11.
How do scientists piece together genomic information from sequencing data? Play these two fun online puzzles to find out.
Conservation and transfer of energy: project-based learning with Rube Goldberg machines
The art of science demonstration
What is it good for? Basic versus applied research
An ocean in the school lab: carbon dioxide at sea
Exponential growth 1: learn the basics from confetti to understand pandemics
Exponential growth 2: real-life lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Maths with fruit
Clinical trials count on more than statistics
Teaching binary code with a secret word challenge
Microbial genome puzzles