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Les goûts à mâcher

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Ken Gadd and Luca Szalay introduce a procedure used in industry – and adapted for school students – to measure the citric acid level in chewing gum.

¿Que pasará? Una estrategia educativa para hacer participar en la clase a estudiantes de todas las edades

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David Featonby with a group of four-year-olds at Newburn Manor Nursery School, UK, discussing how the small balloon inflates the large one

David Featonby, del Reino Unido, presenta algunas demostraciones simples para hacer que vuestros alumnos reflexionen sobre los principios científicos.

Spectacol cu experimente în ciclul primar

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Prinde-i cât sunt mici! Alex Griffin, Tim Harrison şi Dudley Shallcross de la Universitatea din Bristol, UK, ne arată cât de important e să îi faci pe copii să fie interesaţi de ştiinţă – şi cât te poţi distra făcând acest lucru!

Science for the Next Generation: activities for primary school

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Wayne A Mitchell, Debonair Sherman, Andrea Choppy and Rachel L Gomes from the Next Generation project describe some of their science activities to introduce primary-school children to the science all around us.

Planting ideas: climate-change activities for primary school

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Sue Johnson from the Institute of Education, London University, UK, introduces the Plant Scientists Investigate project, and presents three plant-related activities for primary-school children. Compare the carbon dioxide concentrations of inhaled and exhaled air, visualise your own oxygen consumption or weigh up the importance of plant conservation versus economic development.

Better milk for cats: immobilised lactase used to make lactose-reduced milk

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Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE), University of Reading, UK, suggests an experiment to make lactose-free milk – useful both for cats and for the 75% of the world’s human population that are intolerant to this type of sugar.

Practical demonstrations to augment climate change lessons

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Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison from Bristol University, UK, illustrate chemistry experiments relevant to climate change.

Geschmacksstoffe kauen

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Ken Gadd und Luca Szalay stellen eine Methode vor, die in der Industrie genutzt wird und hier für Schüler angepasst ist, um den Zitronensäuregehalt in Kaugummi zu bestimmen.

Zencefil Birası: geleneksel düşük alkollü mayalı içece

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İçerdiği az alkol oranından dolayı, zencefil birası Britanya’daki gençler arasında oldukça popülerdir. Ulusal Biyoteknoloji Eğitimi Merkezi’nden (National Centre for Biotechnology Education) Dean Madden, genç öğrencilere mayalanmanın, yiyecek hijyeninin ve solunum biyokimyasının yöntemlerini tanıtmak için tarifini veriyor.

Ginger beer: una bevanda a basso contenuto alcolico dalla tradizione inglese

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Per il suo basso contenuto alcolico, la ginger ‘beer’ è una bibita molto popolare tra i ragazzi della Gran Bretagna. Dean Madden del National centre for Biotechnology Education all'Università di Reading (UK), ci rivela la sua ricetta della 'ginger beer' per illustrare i principi della fermentazione, dell'igiene alimentare e della biochimica della respirazione.

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