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The Wonderful Walk: Scientific treasure hunt with assignments
On this scientific treasure hunt full of fun assignments you will find science where you didn't expect it. You will discover how to measure a statue without climbing on it, how to keep your balance without falling into the Graslei, how colors work …
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A tornado itself is transparent, but it is visible through raindrops
What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane? Hurricanes arise over the sea, can last for days or weeks and are sometimes as big as the whole of the Netherlands or Belgium. Tornadoes form over land, last a few seconds or hours and are …
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NRC Hairless Monkeys: Science podcast
Hairless Monkeys is the weekly science podcast of NRC. Lucas Brouwers, Hendrik Spiering and Gemma Venhuizen discuss small discoveries, wild theories, earth-shattering insights and everything in between.
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Fertilizer: The anabolic steroids of agriculture
Thanks to an invention from 1909, we now have a world population of nearly 8 billion people. Fertilizer is life, but it also saddles us with an enormous nitrogen problem and an ever-expanding livestock population. How can we escape this luxury trap?
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About water: Podcast Fuel
Episode 1, Over Water, of the Fuel podcast.
In this first episode of Fuel they talk about the shortage of water with water expert Marjolein Vanoppen. She explains in understandable language how things are in Flanders (but also in the world), what the …
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Get started well prepared with Getting Started
The transition from secondary to higher education involves many challenges. It is useful for your students to already get an idea of the expectations in the various courses in terms of the prior knowledge they need. That is exactly what the …
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Cancer expert Tessa Kerre on heroines Marie Curie and Jane Davis
Hematologist Tessa Kerre (UZ Gent) talks about her two science heroines: Marie Curie, the first female Nobel Prize winner, and Jane Davis, who proves that reading has a healing effect. In this podcast she talks about the lives and work of both …
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The first light in the universe
This article provides interesting and detailed information about modern research into the history and evolution of the universe. It can be used for interdisciplinary education, for example in physics, astronomy, astrophysics or philosophy. …
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Vibrations: Gravitational Waves
This article describes how gravitational wave detectors work: large but very sensitive machines that students may find very interesting. The details of how the machines work and the problems that had to be solved to achieve their great accuracy …
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Fireworks: Color by chemistry
The article describes how fireworks are harmful to the environment. It is also mentioned which metals are responsible for the different colors when igniting fireworks.
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Duracell Bunny goes longer
This article serves as a science you know, in order to stimulate the curiosity and inquisitiveness for STEM among students.
Such facts, among others, placed in the spotlight at the project site Choosing VOTE vanKlasCement. Other sites with science …
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EDO: Inspiration book
This inspiration book aims to provide handles to NME / EDO professionals, both on
thinking about the level of policy, as well as the watchman or volunteer who guides activities as an educator.
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