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Science in School: Issue 69 now available
6 September 2024
The latest issue of the free magazine Science in School is now available online. This European journal for science teachers offers up-to-date information on cutting-edge science, teaching materials, science education projects, interviews with inspiring scientists and teachers, reviews of books, and many other useful resources for science teachers. It aims to promote science teaching by encouraging communication between teachers, scientists and others involved in European science education.
In the fourth issue of 2024 you will find this:
Go back to school with ESA and its five exciting interdisciplinary space-related school projects. Explore how to integrate science, design and engineering by bringing biomimicry in the classroom.
Learn how egg cells can avoid polyspermy, that is, fertilization by multiple sperm, and discover how to spot fake images in astrophotography. Discover how waste wool can be used to make sustainable bio-based products by extracting keratin from wool and making your own keratin-based hair conditioner. Did you know that there are more than 30,000 particle accelerators around the world? Learn about the different types and use an interactive map to investigate the ones nearest to your school. Perform quantitative chemistry experiments using cheap and low-hazard microscale techniques with bottle tops and spirit burners. Explore biodiversity and biomass by turning your school garden into a laboratory, where students will be scientific researchers on a small scale.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight European intergovernmental scientific research organisations, of which ESO is a member. The journal addresses science teaching both across Europe and across disciplines, highlighting the best in teaching and cutting-edge research. Article submissions for future issues are welcomed, whether from researchers giving a deeper understanding of a specific scientific topic or from teachers or other science educators describing innovative activities to introduce modern science into the classroom. You can read the guidelines for submissions here.
Numerous articles, as well as versions translated into many European languages, can be found online. If you would like to volunteer to translate Science in School articles into your own language for publication online, please see the guidelines on the Science in School website.
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The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre
The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is a cooperation between the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). The building is a donation from the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS), a German foundation, and ESO runs the facility.
EIROForum
The European Intergovernmental Research Organisation forum, EIROForum, brings together eight of Europe’s largest research organisations. The eight EIROforum organisations have extensive expertise in the areas of basic research and the management of large, international infrastructures, facilities and research programmes.
It is the mission of EIROforum to combine the resources, facilities and expertise of its member organisations to support European science in reaching its full potential.
By promoting inspiring science teaching, EIROforum motivates and encourages young people to explore scientific subjects, and shows them that science is a rewarding career.
