Science in School

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. 🌊

scienceinschool.org/article/2023...

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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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YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA We asked 6 women in science the best advice they've received! 👏

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

www.youtube.com/shorts/BNk-b...

Women in Science A Journey Through the Discoveries and Challenges of Women Scientists Across History and the World

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).

🔗 stakeholder-relations.web.cern.ch/opportunitie...

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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:
scienceinschool.org/article/2026...

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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.

More info: scienceinschool.org/translate-ar...

We've never properly introduced ourselves here on Bluesky before. It's time to change that! 👋

Watch the brief video to find out more about us! 📹

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Issue 76 of Science in School is out! 🎉

This new issue is packed with ready-to-use classroom activities and inspiring reads on marine ecology, neuronal processes, data visualisation, gene therapy, air pollution, and more!

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How do digital technologies affect wellbeing?

Our researchers are building interdisciplinary evidence on social media, cyberbullying, digital education, and more, helping advance scientific understanding of digital life.

Check out their work: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and...

A text reads: From our archive. Hands-on experiments with Daphnia. Issue 59. For age 14 to 19. Science in School

How can a tiny aquatic organism teach your students about the effects of drugs and climate impacts? 💧

Find out more in this amazing teaching resource, which was published in Science in School, Issue 59: scienceinschool.org/article/2022...

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Which articles do we have? Teach articles: Full guides on practical activities with worksheets. Understand articles: Current science simplified in short articles. Inspire: Informational on educational programmes, projects, tools, etc. On social media, we use the same colours so you can quickly identify the category of every article.

Teach. Understand. Inspire.

Science in School has it all!

Browse our article categories and find the right resources for your next lesson!

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Spotlight: World Clean Energy Day. Electricity from sea waves. For age 14 to 19. Issue 72.

Yesterday was the International Day of Clean Energy! 🌍
A little belated, but here’s a perfect SiS teaching resource to match that day!
A hands-on activity where students build a simple device to convert water wave motion into electrical energy:
scienceinschool.org/article/2025...

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How can we make Science in School better? Let us know via the comments or our anonymous feedback box!

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A text reads: Looking for classroom activities? Behavioural experiments with pond snails. this article covers stress responses to environmental changes, ethical practices with living creatures, critical thinking and scientifc enquiry. For age 11 to 16.

Conduct experiments with pond snails to learn about animal behaviour in response to changing environmental conditions, and to develop critical thinking, environmental awareness, and ethical practice skills! 🐌

Check out the teaching materials here: scienceinschool.org/article/2025...

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International Day of Education | United Nations The International Day of Education celebrates education worldwide by promoting the idea that education plays a key role in building sustainable and resilient societies, and contributes to the achievem...

The International Day of Education is coming up this weekend.
On Friday (23 January 2026), the UN is holding online lectures on the topic of 'The power of youth in co-creating education'. You might be interested in these! 🎓

Check out here: www.un.org/en/observanc...

From our archive. Model stellar evolution with coding. For age 11 to 19.

In today’s article spotlight from our archive 🤩, we highlight a classroom activity where students model a star’s life cycle, condensed into just 10 minutes, proportionally scaled, using RGB LEDs and microcontrollers.

have a look here: scienceinschool.org/article/2025...

Bring current science into the classroom! the article covers: How and why the phenomenon occurs. Newton's universal law of gravitation. Why it is important to study it. For age 11 to 16.

Looking for awe-inspiring astrophysics lessons? We’ve got you covered: a classroom read on why some stars behave like cosmic cannibals, how this happens, and why it is important to study it.

Read here: scienceinschool.org/article/2025...

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From our archive. How to spot subatomic particles. Issue 46. For age 16 to 19. Science in School. Free STEM teaching resources.

Use images of bubble chamber particle tracks to teach students about the characteristics of electrons, positrons, neutrons, protons, and neutrinos. A great way to make physics lessons more fun! ✨

Check it out: scienceinschool.org/article/2019...

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YouTube video by Royal Society of Biology Letter M | Molecular Cell Biologist Dr Ruth Carmichael | A to Z of the Biosciences

Next in our A-Z of the Biosciences video series we have Dr Ruth Carmichael. Learn about her research on organelles, what a typical day looks like, and what advice she has for future biologists.

Watch the full video and explore the A-Z series supported by BBSRC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Cz...