We took another look through our archive and found this teaching resource, in which students use their own microscope images and compare them visually with structures in the macroscopic world while exploring the relationship between structure and function.🔬🎨
👉 scienceinschool.org/article/2023...
BIG NEWS! ✏️✨
We are handing the pen to students. We are launching a student writing contest, with the three winning articles to be published in Science in School (+ additional prizes).
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From our archive. Use light to find hidden information in paintings. For ages 11 to 16. Issue 72.
Reveal different layers of your artwork! 🎨
Perfectly fitting the topic of our last issue – light – we found in our archive a hands-on classroom activity where students use UV and IR radiation, along with colour filters, to investigate their own paintings.
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Bring current science into the classroom! How X-rays uncover why historic paints fade and crack. You will read about: Research at the ESRF. How physics helps uncover the causes of deterioration in historic artworks. How Xörays help make the invisible visible.
In our current issue, the ESRF (@esrf.fr), home to extremely powerful X-ray machines, explains how X-rays help us understand why paint in historic paintings starts to fade & crack over time. A great read for showing how physics helps preserve cultural heritage.🎨
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From our archive. Explore the world of molecular biology virtually. For ages 14 to 19.
@embl.org has created a unique exhibition that takes visitors deep into the inner workings of life. It can be explored both at EMBL headquarters in Heidelberg and virtually from anywhere.🧬 Perfect to discover the world of molecular biology!
Read more here: scienceinschool.org/article/2024...
Tiny, invisible to the naked eye, yet hugely important for life on Earth: plankton. 🔬
In Science in School, @embl.org presents a teaching resource that helps students explore these tiny wonders with microscopes and discover their role in global ecosystems.
👉 scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
Issue 77 is out – it's a very special edition! 🎉
Every article comes directly from one of our funders: eight of Europe’s largest research facilities! Running through all articles like a golden thread is one theme: light.
Dive right in: scienceinschool.org/issue/issue-...
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Spotlight. World Zero Waste Day. Can coffee waste be used as soil enhancer. For ages 14 to 19. Issue 73.
Today is Zero Waste World Day!
To help raise awareness of this issue, we’ve got the perfect classroom activity for you: an article exploring how coffee waste can be transformed into a valuable resource and reintegrated into a circular, sustainable economy. ☕
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Help us spread the word about Science in School: we’ve made a printable SiS poster that shows what we do and how educators can contribute. Download it from our website and put it up in your staff room/teachers' office/conferences/lab…
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From our archive. Space debris, how safe is space. for ages 11 to 19. Science in School. Issue 65.
Modern life relies heavily on satellites. However, over time, a lot of space debris has accumulated. In today’s archive spotlight, we unpack what can be done to avoid major collisions, and what it will take in the future to keep Earth’s orbit usable. 🛰️
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Teach air pollution with free Copernicus satellite data: explore NO₂ hotspot maps, link them to human activity, and use chemistry to explain what’s happening in the air. The activity guide and worksheets are freely accessible. 🛰️
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Five times a year, we publish articles on free teaching resources across all STEM subjects and behind every article are volunteer authors. Become one of them!
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A pre-heading reads: from our archive. The main heading reads does true altruism exist. Below it says for ages 14 to 19 and shows the logo of Science in School. A banner with Issue 25 is shown on the right site. Three images of one soldier, a bee and some gazelles are shown.
In today’s archive spotlight, we explore altruism – the seemingly selfless acts found throughout nature. The article asks whether true altruism really exists and how far science can go in explaining it. A great classroom read to complement your lessons! 🐝
👉 scienceinschool.org/article/2012...
Looking for classroom activities. A biology lesson with Hydra. Covers classroom activity to observe Hydra behaviour under varying water currents. Habituation, neuronal processes and links between structure and function. The scientific method. For ages 11 to 19.
Use Hydra to bring key biology concepts, such as habituation, structure–function relationships, and how organisms interact with their environment, to life.
All with a very simple setup: a small Petri dish, spring water, and (optionally) a microscope.
👉 scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
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Today, we’re highlighting a classroom-friendly read about CRISPR-Cas9. It perfectly matches the topics covered in our current issue (watch Gene Horizons!). Read on to find out what makes CRISPR so powerful, and the ethical questions it raises. 💯
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Enrich your genetic lessons with what is currently going on in biomedical research. The captivating animated short film, Gene Horizons, explains simply what gene therapy is, how it works, and how it’s already being used in healthcare! @eurogct.bsky.social
👉 scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
From our archive. Enganging and multisensory data visualisation for ages 11 to 19. Issue 70.
Today’s spotlight from our archive features a classroom activity that takes a multisensory and participatory approach to working with data. It's low-cost & helps dissolve the initial “this looks too hard” reaction that data visualisation can trigger. 📈
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This teaching resource demonstrates the power of data visualisation! By creating their own Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, students can discover trends and characteristics in stellar evolution on their own and learn why graphs are so important in science. ✨📈
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Today, we are highlighting an article from our archive about an investigation into how people living in high-latitude and remote regions – where climate changes are occurring most rapidly – are experiencing and adapting to these changes. 🌐
A nice classroom read: scienceinschool.org/article/2020...
Inspiring programmes and tools. Meet the programme project earth. covers what is project earth, its mission and vision, how it started and how it works, for ages 11 to 19.
Let us introduce you to Project Earth, an initiative empowering young people to design and build their own projects tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. 🌱
Learn more about the project in our recently published article: scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
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A text reads. From our archive. Ocean literacy in the classroom. For ages 11 to 16. Issue 63
Bring ocean literacy into your classroom! This teaching activity covers the global conveyor belt, landscape formation, and climate & weather – an ideal companion to our sandy-beaches activity published in our most recent issue. 🌊
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A text reads: Looking for classroom activites. A sandy beach as science hat. covers beachcombing, sort and analyse natural vs human-made strandings. discuss marine life, climate change and human impact
Schools in coastal areas, attention! Take your students on an excursion to a sandy beach. Go beachcombing, collect, sort and analyse washed-ashore objects while learning about marine life. 🐚
A full guide with worksheets, can be found here: scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
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Seven women. Seven careers. Seven pieces of advice.
For #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience we’re celebrating the voices and wisdom of women shaping science and technology across Europe. #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM
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We stumbled across this while researching today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science: a virtual museum featuring the great achievements of women in science. A cool tool to use in the classroom to encourage everyone to dream of a career in science! 💭
👉 www.unesco.org/en/virtual-s...
Spotlight: World Women and Girls in STEM Day. Meet the initiative Girls go STEM. Issue 73
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 💪
To mark the day, we are spotlighting the fantastic educational initiative “Girls Go STEM” (formerly "Girls Go Circular"), which we recently featured in one of our issues.
Find out more: scienceinschool.org/article/2025...
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Bring current science into the classroom! What do sandy beaches reveal about marine life. The article covers, what are sandy beaches. Why are beach strandings important, What can we learn from beach strandings (pollutions, storms, diseases, etc.) For ages 11 to 16.
In our new issue, we published an article showing how beach strandings can reveal what’s happening in the marine environment. It’s a great starter for discussions on marine ecology, climate change & sustainability in the classroom! 🐚
Read here: scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
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Attention educators! We’re hiring an Administrative Student to support our editorial team. 💪
We’d appreciate your help sharing this opportunity with university students you teach (or with colleagues who do).
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A text reads: Inspiring programmes and tools. Beamline for Schools competition. About the competition and how to participate. for ages 14 to 19
Meet Beamline for Schools! ✨
Beamline for Schools is a unique competition for high-school students, with the chance to win a trip to CERN, DESY, or the University of Bonn to carry out their proposed experiment at a real beamline.
Read more:
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More articles in your language? Become a translator
A new issue is out, and with it comes a big ask from our community: translations. 💬
Help make our English articles accessible worldwide by volunteering as a translator! There are no deadlines, and you can always back out when life gets too busy.
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