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Ivo Grigorov from the EurOCEANS project describes how the deep seas can help us to understand and predict climate change.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How much do Europeans really know about science and technology? What do they think about it? Do they even care? Russ Hodge from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory reports on one of the Eurobarometer surveys.
Ages: not applicable;
Graham Gardner from the Inter-Community School in Zürich, Switzerland, describes how an attempt to interest his students in chemical separation techniques developed into a full-scale interdisciplinary detective mystery.
Ages: 14-16;
Richard West describes the excitement and joy of discovering a new comet.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Dave Goulson and Ben Darvill from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust at the University of Stirling, UK, explain why these furry insects are under threat – and what schools can do to help.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Emm Barnes from the British Society for the History of Science describes an initiative to develop exciting interdisciplinary activities. And gives the recipe for a delicious edible geology project!
Ages: 14-16;
Are migratory birds responsible for the spread of bird flu? Should we kill them all? Lucienne Niekoop and Froukje Rienks from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology argue for a more scientific approach.
Ages: 16-19;
Ever wondered what - and who - lies behind the beautiful and fascinating astronomical photographs and observations made with modern telescopes? Douglas Pierce-Price from ESO, the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, describes a day in the life of the Very…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
One hour and 34 minutes after the bright tail of the Kosmos 3M rocket disappeared from view, more than one hundred students are checking their watches nervously. The first signal from their satellite should arrive any minute. Barbara Warmbein, from the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the…
Ages: 16-19;
An ambitious Australian school project sent spiders into space to experience microgravity. 'Spiders in Space' will form the basis of a future project involving many more schools worldwide. Lachlan Thompson and Naomi Mathers, from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, explain how it all started.
Ages: 14-16;
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Bringing global climate change to the classroom
Topics: Biology, Earth science, General science
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What Europeans really think (and know) about science and technology
Topics: Science and society
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The detective mystery: an interdisciplinary foray into basic forensic science
Topics: Chemistry
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The joy of discovery: a personal experience
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Putting the buzz back into school grounds
Topics: Biology, General science
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The Bone Trail: generating enthusiasm for earth sciences in the classroom
Topics: Biology, Earth science, Science and society, General science
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The ecologist’s view of bird flu
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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Running one of the world’s largest telescopes
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Launching a dream: the first European student satellite in orbit
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
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Spiders in Space : a collaboration between education and research
Topics: Biology, Astronomy / space, General science
