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Flame tests with tea light holders
Metal salts dissolved in methanol color beautifully in the flame. These are very simple
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Synthesis of gold colloids from electronic waste
In this article, we discuss the synthesis of starch stabilized gold colloids, starting from gold recovered from electronic waste. The recycled gold was cleaned with concentrated nitric acid and dissolved in aqua regia. After evaporating the acidic …
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Synthesis of quantum dots from lemon juice
Fluorescent quantum dots are created when lemon juice is carbonated with a heating plate. This synthesis is simple and can be performed by secondary school students. Also view the accompanying video .
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Building learning labs and innovative learning spaces
A practical guide developed by European Schoolnet to support schools and teachers in the roll-out of STEM labs and a Future Classroom. The secondary school RHIZO Lyceum OLV Vlaanderen is described in this guide as a practical example.
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What works for low-literate young people in language education?
A UAntwerpen project developed two practical guides for language education for low-literate young people. With the most recent scientific insights that are translated into classroom practice.
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The usefulness of story writing in dyslexia therapy
A manual and seven tips to help children transfer the practiced spelling rules to daily writing activities in a fun and challenging way.
First you will get some explanation in the article about the development of spelling from word and sentence level …
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Need to create learning materials
This article provides tips for making games, for example to support the NT2 lessons. It describes experiences with the development of need-oriented teaching materials, tailored to the student.
Indirectly it is advertising for Smartphoto, with which …
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Apollo - 50 years of the moon landing
Half a century ago, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. A total of twelve astronauts would be walking around on our nearest neighbor. The first moon landing kept the whole world glued to the TV set, the last flight received hardly any …
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STEM is Popular: The Human Body and Science
The Coppens brothers put their body to the test from a scientific point of view every week in The Body of Coppens .
They use the inquiry-based learning strategy:
- What would happen if…?
- Why is our experiment not (yet) successful?
- How do we adjust …
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More learning outcome for STEM
Also in the GO! Atheneum Zottegem changes in the next school year. The 1st degree then becomes a broad orientation degree with six elective modules. For the challenging students, there is a 'STEM' range, which stands for 'Science - …Translated by
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Summer School: Stimulating language acquisition in a playful way
In this article you can read how a lesson week at the summer school in Antwerp looks and comes about. Interaction and active language use are key concepts for good language education, just like creating a safe environment for the children. The text …Translated by
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School (language), parents and others
From an early age children speak different (types of) languages: with friends while exercising at home with the family at the table with the teacher in the classroom .... At school to follow, a good command of Dutch is important. That language is …
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