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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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Sander De Keere and Thibault Christiaensen are looking for new classics
Bach or Ed Sheeran? In Everyone Famous, Sander De Keere (Klara) and Thibault Christiaensen (StuBru) delve into music history in search of new classics. What is a real morning classic for you? And what would be your students' favorite morning song? …
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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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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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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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Let your students taste culture during corona
Let children and young people admire collections and the wide range of performing arts from behind their screens. Cultural institutions pull out all the stops to bring their offerings indoors.
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VOICE: Concept model
Model that describes how the STEM philosophy can be integrated into teaching practice.
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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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