@SciInSchool

The publication for European STEM #teachers highlighting the best in #science teaching and #research. Funded and supported by @EIROforum.

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Teach speed, distance & time calculations the fun way! All you need: a toy gun with foam projectiles, a target, and a voice recorder app on your phone. The full teaching resource: scienceinschool.org/article/…
A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Measuring the speed of a toy-gun projectile. What students learn: Calculations around speed, distance, time, acceleration, and deceleration. Experimental design principles. Evaluation of data reliability.

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Radioactivity experiments: safe, hands-on, and low-cost! Use potassium-40 − an isotope naturally found in potassium carbonate (potash) − and a G-M pancake detector to explore radioactivity in the classroom. 🤩 👉scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation
A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Radioactivity with potassium carbonate. With bullet points below: Properties of beta and gamma radiation. Radiation attenuation. Estimating half-lives from real measurements. Age 14 to 19.

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Attention Math teachers! This is a great way to make your math lessons more fun… 🙌 Read more here: scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation #Education #Science #TeachingResources #TeachingIdeas
Inspiring projects and tools: MathCityMap. Free mobile app that guides through mathematical city trails. Mathematical tasks based on the surroundings. Adaptable to different class levels.

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Attention biology teachers!🫑 Take your students on a journey into a biology laboratory to investigate plant nutrition and agricultural methods. Find the full article here: scienceinschool.org/article/… Image: Léna/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Bring current science into the classroom! Using X-rays in agricultural research. Information on zinc deficiency in plants. How to study the uptake of zinc nanoparticles by plants to create more efficient zinc fertilisers. Age 14 to 19.

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Looking for a fresh way to boost your students’ scientific literacy and soft skills? Transform your classroom into a group interview survival challenge! Read more here: scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation #Education #Science #TeachingResources #TeachingIdeas
Looking for classroom activities? Learning through group interviews. Group discussions on how to survive a disaster scenario. Builds scientific literacy, effective communication, adaptability and social awareness. Free STEM teaching resources. Science in School.

ALT Looking for classroom activities? Learning through group interviews. Group discussions on how to survive a disaster scenario. Builds scientific literacy, effective communication, adaptability and social awareness. Free STEM teaching resources. Science in School.

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Let your students dive into the science of biological oscillators − also known as inner biological clocks. ⏰ It fits well with many school lessons! Read here: scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation #Education #Science #TeachingResources #TeachingIdeas
Bring current science into the classroom! Biological oscillations. How they work and interact. Where they occur in living systems. Why studying them matters. Their role in embryo development. Free STEM teaching resources.

ALT Bring current science into the classroom! Biological oscillations. How they work and interact. Where they occur in living systems. Why studying them matters. Their role in embryo development. Free STEM teaching resources.

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Link your next lesson on light and lasers to this exciting article on collective phenomena and thereby let your students explore what’s happening at the forefront of research! 👉 scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation #Education #Science #TeachingResources
Text reads: Free STEM teaching resources. Bring current science into the classroom. Collective phenomena: What they are and where they occur. How nature's collective phenomena inspire new technologies in materials science. age 14 to 19. Science in School. The European journal for science teachers.

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Make stellar evolution tangible in your classroom! Students use RGB LEDs and microcontrollers to recreate a star’s life cycle, condensed into just 10 minutes. ✨ 👉scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation #Education #Science #TeachingResources #TeachingIdeas
A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Model stellar evolution. The resource includes: Concepts of a star’s life cycle , Turning principles into a model system, Computational thinking, Proportional scaling. Age 11 to 19. Science in School. Free STEM teaching resource. A sky full of stars seen in the background.

ALT A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Model stellar evolution. The resource includes: Concepts of a star’s life cycle , Turning principles into a model system, Computational thinking, Proportional scaling. Age 11 to 19. Science in School. Free STEM teaching resource. A sky full of stars seen in the background.

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🌌 Ready to bring space into your classroom? 👩‍🚀 👩‍🏫 Check out this new article in Issue 74 of @SciInSchool, featuring five inspiring STEM projects from ESA and the ESERO network! ✨ 📚 Discover how these projects empower students, turning real space-mission challenges into classroom learning and boosting STEM skills. 🌍🚀 Read the article and get inspired! 👇 🔗 scienceinschool.org/article/…
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Take a look at the back-to-school projects offered by the ESA and ESERO network 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀: scienceinschool.org/article/… Students can run their code in space, design lunar habitats, build and launch soda-can-sized satellites, study the Earth's environment and even train like an astronaut.
Text reads: Inspiring projects and tools. Back to School projects with ESA and ESERO. 5 hands-on activities linking space and STEM. Build STEM knowledge, teamwork, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Free STEM teaching resources from Science in School.

ALT Text reads: Inspiring projects and tools. Back to School projects with ESA and ESERO. 5 hands-on activities linking space and STEM. Build STEM knowledge, teamwork, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Free STEM teaching resources from Science in School.

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Issue 74 of Science in School is out! 🥳 And it is full of exciting topics! For example, teach radioactivity in a safe & low-cost way, model stellar life cycles with LEDs and microcontrollers, or measure the speed of a toy gun projectile. Read here 👉scienceinschool.org/issue/is…
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Build your own spectrometer using just a CD and a cereal box! Although CDs were more popular when this wonderful Science in School article was published, we're sure many households still have lots of old ones lying around! Read here: scienceinschool.org/article/…
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Combine design, engineering and physics in this exciting classroom activity! 🌉 Find the full resource here: scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #Teaching #TeachingResources #Education #STEM #STEMEducation
A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Building bridges. How structures stay upright. Introduction to basic mechanical concepts and different types of bridges. Design, plan, construct, and test model bridges. Age 11 to 15. Free STEM teaching resources. In the background a photograph of a bridge.

ALT A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Building bridges. How structures stay upright. Introduction to basic mechanical concepts and different types of bridges. Design, plan, construct, and test model bridges. Age 11 to 15. Free STEM teaching resources. In the background a photograph of a bridge.

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Understanding the concept of colour can be challenging, which is why visual experiments are such powerful tools in the classroom. 🌈 This activity presents three different experiments that make colour science more tangible! Check out here: scienceinschool.org/article/…
Text reads: Looking for classroom activities. Colour science experiments. How white light splits into colours, how colour mixing works, how an object's colour depends on how it interacts with light. age: 11 to 14. Free STEM teaching resources. The background of the posts shows a photograph of a bunch of colourful gummybears.

ALT Text reads: Looking for classroom activities. Colour science experiments. How white light splits into colours, how colour mixing works, how an object's colour depends on how it interacts with light. age: 11 to 14. Free STEM teaching resources. The background of the posts shows a photograph of a bunch of colourful gummybears.

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Slime is a brilliant tool for exploring viscoelasticity and introducing materials design in the classroom. 👉Find the full teaching resource here: scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #Teaching #TeachingResources #Education #STEM #STEMEducation
A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Materials science with slime. Identify different types of materials. Make slime to explore viscoelasticity. Connect viscoelasticity to everyday products. Apply knowledge in a materials design challenge. Age 11 to 16. Free STEM teaching resources.

ALT A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Materials science with slime. Identify different types of materials. Make slime to explore viscoelasticity. Connect viscoelasticity to everyday products. Apply knowledge in a materials design challenge. Age 11 to 16. Free STEM teaching resources.

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Attention chemistry teachers! Explore acid–base reactions, redox processes, and complex formation through simple experiments using tea. 🫖 👉Full guide: scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #Teaching #TeachingResources #Education #STEM #STEMEducation
Text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Learn how tea can teach: Acid-base reaction, Redox chemistry and metal formation. Age 14 to 19. Free STEM teaching resources. A photograph of tea bags in the background.

ALT Text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Learn how tea can teach: Acid-base reaction, Redox chemistry and metal formation. Age 14 to 19. Free STEM teaching resources. A photograph of tea bags in the background.

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Check out this affordable experiment to make enzyme action tangible! All you need are soybeans, red cabbage, sodium bicarbonate, distilled water, a few test tubes, and a plastic drinking straw. That’s it! 🧪 scienceinschool.org/article/… #ScienceInSchool #STEMeducation #Teaching
Text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Teach enzyme activity with soy beans. It covers the essential role of enzymes, where urease is found and why it matters and using pH changes to uncover urease activity. Free STEM teaching resource. Like and Share. Science in School. A photograph of soybeans in the background

ALT Text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Teach enzyme activity with soy beans. It covers the essential role of enzymes, where urease is found and why it matters and using pH changes to uncover urease activity. Free STEM teaching resource. Like and Share. Science in School. A photograph of soybeans in the background

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