Physics in kindergarten and primary school
Werner and Gabriele Stetzenbach tell us how kindergarten and primary-school children discover the world of physics together with secondary-school students as their mentors. Why not try it in your school?
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Werner and Gabriele Stetzenbach tell us how kindergarten and primary-school children discover the world of physics together with secondary-school students as their mentors. Why not try it in your school?
Jörg Gutschank tells Vienna Leigh how his circus skills inspired him to take up teaching and saw him through his training – and how they help in the classroom.
We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread – but electricity? Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, UK, shows how it works.
Marco Budinich and Massimo Vascotto introduce a school project to measure radon levels in your own home.
Particle physics is often seen as something only for huge research institutes, out of reach of the general public. Francisco Barradas-Solas and Paloma Alameda-Meléndez demonstrate how – with the aid of a homemade particle detector – you can dispel this myth by bringing particle physics to life…
Peter Douglas and Mike Garley investigate how chemistry and light interact in many aspects of our everyday life.
Every year, CERN invites a group of high-school teachers to Geneva, Switzerland, to learn about particle physics – and how to teach it at school.
Ana Lopes and Henri Boffin take us on a trip back in time – probing the history of the Universe.
Halina Stanley describes how two Israeli scientists investigated plasma balls and in the process found a potentially useful way to create nanoparticles.
Lucy Patterson spoke to Greek science teacher Theodoros Pierratos, who recently won the chance to bring physics to life for his students in a truly extraordinary way with the help of the European Space Agency.
Physics in kindergarten and primary school
Juggling careers: science and teaching in Germany
The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast
The ‘Radon school survey’: measuring radioactivity at home
Bringing particle physics to life: build your own cloud chamber
Chemistry and light
Particle physics close up: CERN high-school teachers programme
The first light in the Universe
Plasma balls: creating the 4th state of matter with microwaves
A classroom in space