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Indoor STEM Activities for Kids

STEM Sport

The Magic of Kitchen Chemistry Chemistry is all around us, especially in the kitchen! Here are five chemistry activities that turn your kitchen into a science lab: Baking Soda Volcano: Create a classic reaction using baking soda and vinegar to simulate a volcanic eruption.

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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We come from a variety of backgrounds including microbiology, human geography and theology,” says Dr Andy Jones, the theologian in the group. The social scientists in the team worked with a group called Innovation for Agriculture that connects farmers with academic researchers. DR RAY CHAN Human Geography, University of Exeter, UK.

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The Mediterranean way: changing diets to extend lifespans

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“Participants also receive sessions with a health counsellor, who helps them set personal goals for behaviour change, and introduces problem-solving and self-monitoring skills to make changes to diet and physical activity levels more achievable,” says Alice. servings fewer sugar-sweetened drinks,” says Alice.

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

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A recent pilot study funded by the LSE trialled ways of achieving this, engaging with teachers and learners in 11 schools across the UK through a range of activities. The definition of social sciences was also poorly understood, with a third of learners including biology, chemistry and physics within it.

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Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

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This means that testing different predictions and scenarios can be done rapidly, and better characterisation of the orebodies can be achieved. Geology, maths, physics, chemistry and biology are all sciences that will be leading this research. My year 10 geography teacher taught us about plate tectonics, and that was it!

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Five Most Productive Years: What Happened and What’s Next

Stephen Wolfram

The fall of 2021 involved really leaning into the new multicomputational paradigm , among other things giving a long list of where it might apply : metamathematics, chemistry, molecular biology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, immunology, linguistics, economics, machine learning, distributed computing. Let’s talk first about chemistry.

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Urban farming for urban families

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Pathway from school to agriculture • Subjects like biology, chemistry, botany, environmental science and geography will set you up well to study agricultural science at college or university. What are your proudest career achievements so far? What makes the NEP such an innovative learning programme?