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The kinetics behind the diet coke with mentos experiment
The experiment between diet cola and mentos produces a fascinating fountain, but it also offers an ideal platform for students to explore different facets of chemical kinetics in a fun and motivating way.
This article discusses the experiment …
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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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VOICE: Concept model
Model that describes how the STEM philosophy can be integrated into teaching practice.
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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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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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Efforts to increase students' interest in pursuing STEM studies and care providers
This report by Scientix, commissioned by European Schoolnet, sets out the main lines of a European study to stimulate young people to choose STEM training.
A selection from the content:
- priorities and strategies in STEM courses;
- initiatives for …
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The importance of science
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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Ears and eyes open: Contextual key science questions
Thesis which was prepared in response to the introduction of the new curriculum social and technical sciences in 2012, in which a greater emphasis on working in contexts.
The first part includes an examination by means of surveys among teachers and …
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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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Polar Quest winner realizes AHA project
The AHA Project : Stopping Global Warming!
Humanity faces unprecedented challenges. One of them is climate change. However, the reporting on this is often negative and many people become accustomed to it. Leiepoort campus Sint-Hendrik wants to change …
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