Showing 9 results from a total of 19
Building a hypothetical family portrait can help students to understand genetics.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Why is symmetry so central to the understanding of crystals? And why did ‘forbidden’ symmetry change the definition of crystals themselves?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
During an eclipse, the Sun or the Moon seems to disappear. What is happening? Why not explore this fascinating phenomenon in the classroom, with an easy to build model?
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Did you know that the electron and electricity are named after amber, the ‘gold’ of the Baltic Sea? Bernhard Sturm’s teaching unit based on this fossilised resin introduces not only conductivity but also many other characteristics of solid organic compounds.
Ages: 16-19;
Comics have generally been considered as nothing more than a cheap pastime. However, Mico Tatalovic suggests some useful comics to help promote and explain science to students.
Ages: not applicable;
As Head Conservator at the National Trust, Katy Lithgow’s education turned her into ‘more an arts person’ than a scientist – but her work has shown how the two can be inextricably linked. Vienna Leigh finds out how.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Do your students find it hard to see the application of science to other subjects? Montserrat Capellas from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, explains how modern chemical analyses are shedding light on ancient Pompeii.
Ages: 16-19;
An art teacher with a science degree? Karen Findlay put this unusual combination to good use with an ambitious film project.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Caroline Molyneux, from Balshaw’s Church of England High School, UK, explains how she kick-starts her classes and helps her students remember certain lessons, facts or concepts.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 30
All in the family
Topics: Biology, Mathematics
| Issue 24
The new definition of crystals – or how to win a Nobel Prize
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, General science, Chemistry
| Issue 23
Creating eclipses in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 19
Amber: an introduction to organic chemistry
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 14
Science comics and cartoons
Topics: Resources
| Issue 12
The science of preserving art
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 6
Recovering Pompeii
Topics: Chemistry
| Issue 6
The Boy Who Would Be Good: understanding ADHD through a film-making project
Topics: Health
| Issue 5
Using music in the science classroom
Topics: Science and society, General science
