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Catch them young! Alex Griffin, Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from the University of Bristol, UK, show how important it is to interest young children in science – and how much fun it can be!
Ages: <11;
Srdjan Verbic tells the story of the Petnica Science Center, which brings enthusiastic students (and teachers) from across Europe to a village in Serbia, where together they discover the joy and fascination of science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Bringing marine science into the classroom can be challenging work for teachers. So why not take the classroom – and the teachers – to sea? Vikki Gunn’s Classroom@Sea project does just that.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Students Jan Měšťan and Jan Kotek and teacher Marek Tyle from the Gymnázium Písek in the Czech Republic won the 2007 Catch a Star competition. Sai Pathmanathan describes their prize-winning project.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
With the help of enthusiastic school students and scientists, the Dutch school competition ‘Imagine’ supports the sustainable production of biodiesel in Mozambique, avocado oil in Kenya and the colorant byxine in Surinam. Daan Schuurbiers and Marije Blomjous, from the Foundation Imagine Life…
Ages: 16-19;
Pongprapan Pongsophon, Vantipa Roadrangka and Alison Campbell from Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrate how a difficult concept in evolution can be explained with equipment as simple as a box of buttons!
Ages: 14-16, 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;
One of the many purposes of science is to support the humanities. With this in mind, Gianluca Farusi and his students set out to investigate and prepare iron-gall ink, a historically significant material for the transmission of knowledge.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Ever wished you could borrow a PCR machine for your lessons? And perhaps an expert to show your students how to use it? Marc van Mil introduces DNA labs that bring genomics directly to the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Elisabeth Schepers from the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, introduces a school programme linking climate change and the future of traffic technology.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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Primary circuses of experiments
Topics: Chemistry
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Learning through research: a Serbian tradition
Topics: General science
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Classroom@Sea: bringing real marine science into the classroom
Topics: Earth science
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Students Catch a Star: researching and observing a solar eclipse
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Imagine… sharing ideas in the life sciences
Topics: Biology
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Counting Buttons: demonstrating the Hardy-Weinberg principle
Topics: Biology
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The Boy Who Would Be Good: understanding ADHD through a film-making project
Topics: Health
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Monastic ink: linking chemistry and history
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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DNA labs on the road
Topics: Biology, Health
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Travel wisely: the globe is warming!
Topics: Earth science, General science
