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Ready for Pi Day
On Pi Day, students are given a small math assignment with which they can open a jar of goodies.
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Vocabulary, food budget and logarithms
What do a writer's vocabulary and one's budget spent on food have to do with each other? Well, more than you might think! The mathematical relationship appears to be logarithmic.
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Python in the classroom
Our society is increasingly influenced and controlled by computer systems, apps and algorithms. Countless problems, now and in the future, are solved through those powerful computers. We also feel this digitization at school and in the classroom. …
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Crispr: Crash course
The gene editing technique CRISPR unleashed a true revolution in science. How exactly do genetic scissors work? Eos editor Kim Verhaeghe experienced this for himself during a crash course in Crispr in the lab of Joleen Masschelein at KU Leuven and …
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The annoying fruit fly also has countless scientific breakthroughs to its credit
The fruit fly has played a major role in biomedical research for more than a hundred years. The insect that colonizes the fruit basket in no time, is part of genetics, helps scientists to unravel the functioning of our body and the origin of …
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Should gifted students also record intermediate steps?
Gifted students sometimes do not understand why they have to write down intermediate steps in exercises. In this article you will find tips on how to tackle this in the classroom.
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Making graphs: How do you do that and when do you use which type of graph?
Article in which different types of charts are discussed and which chart is best used in which situation. The use of the X and Y axes is also discussed.
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The number pi: Facts
In this article you can find 31.4 facts about the number pi.
Fun facts that you can pass on to the students when you are working on the number pi.
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Justin Beaver: VR on climate change
Justin Beaver is an interactive VR film where students can experience the changes caused by global warming and pollution from the eyes of a beaver.
In this article you will be taken into the story of Alexandra Sierra, who designed Justin Beaver .
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School vegetable garden manual
We eat all day long, but many children do not know that corn, strawberries and lettuce were once small seeds.
Through the school vegetable garden you can introduce children to the wonderful process from seed to plant. The school vegetable garden is …
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Children's books about how the brain works
A list of books about how the brain works.
The way the brain works is very complicated. However, it can be very useful to talk to children about how the brain works. If you start using mindset methods or would like to get started with a growth …
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Understanding the Normal Distribution: Article
This article in the statistics series takes a closer look at the normal distribution and everything that goes with it:
- properties;
- the standard normal distribution;
- z score;
- central limit theorem.
The normal distribution is explained using examples …
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