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Take a CD and a cereal box, and what do you have? With a little help from Mark Tiele Westra, your very own spectrometer! Time to explore the delights of colour, hidden in the most prosaic of objects.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Teaching science in the classroom is all very well, but wouldn’t it be wonderful to let your students learn for themselves what it’s really like to work in a research laboratory? Sooike Stoops from the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium, describes a project that does just…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Is it acceptable to use human embryonic stem cells in research? What about live animals? Professor Nadia Rosenthal, head of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, talks to Russ Hodge about the ethics of her research.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Claire Le Moine from Explor@dome in Paris, France, explains the formula of the explor@mobile: two scientists, some computers and a gas-powered vehicle!
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Alexandre Lewalle from King’s College, London, UK, pushes back the frontiers of our knowledge of motors – at the molecular level.
Ages: 16-19;
Henri Boffin and Douglas Pierce-Price from ESO, in Garching, Germany, investigate our celestial ancestry.
Ages: 16-19;
Ever wanted to take a closer look at the stars? Rachel Dodds from the Faulkes Telescope Project explains how you can do just that – together with your students and without even leaving your classroom!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Eva Amsen considers the pros and cons of science fairs, and offers tips for how teachers can get involved – or even organise their own science fair.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Why are enzymes so special? How do they differ from inorganic catalysts? Isabella Marini from the University of Pisa, Italy, describes a classroom protocol to enable students to answer these questions for themselves.
Ages: 14-16;
Karen Smith from NEF, the New Economics Foundation, London, UK, describes an approach to creating a safe space where students can discuss sensitive topics, like stem-cell research or genetically modified food. How can students be encouraged to explore their values in relation to science topics, and…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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A fresh look at light: build your own spectrometer
Topics: Physics
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Scientists@work
Topics: Biology, General science
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Ethics in research
Topics: Biology
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Explor@mobile: using new technologies to teach science to teenagers
Topics: Science and society, General science
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How do muscles produce work? Using optical tweezers to study molecular machines
Topics: Physics, Biology
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Fusion in the Universe: we are all stardust
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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The Faulkes Telescopes: real-time, remote-control astronomy for schools
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Fair enough? Balanced considerations for future science-fair organisers
Topics: Science and society, General science
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Two hydrolytic enzymes and an epistemological–historical approach
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Democs: a conversation card activity for teaching science and citizenship
Topics: Science and society, General science
