Faced with mounting concerns over climate change and global warming, we look to the scientists for answers, to explain what exactly is going on and what can be done to remedy it. This is how we know what we know about climate change today: scientists, like good detectives, have to look into the past to [...]
Sometimes it is important to look at some of the older inventions on display in the Science Museum in order to understand how technology has developed and contributed to where we are now. One such invention isn’t even 100 years old but technology has moved on so fast that it looks archaic! This is the [...]
Plenty of us love a good burger or a juicy steak, but you’d have to be living under a rock to not be aware that farming meat is really rather bad for the environment, (18% of greenhouse gas emissions comes from livestock) and generally not great for animal welfare either. One solution could be to [...]
Short films are a great way of providing your students with some knowledge to bring into a discussion, or helping them formulate an opinion on an issue. We do love films… And we love the Punk Science boys- our home-grown rambunctious science comedians. So we have put the two together. We now have two new Punk Science [...]
Loved it or loathed it, the Royal Wedding was a big to-do a couple weeks ago… from dresses to banquet to honeymoon to I CAN’T BEAR TO HEAR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT, everyone seemed to have something to say on the subject. Did you also wonder how much energy was spent on it? Linking current events [...]
Climate science is a hot topic, and right now we have quite a few great (if we may say so ourselves) exhibitions and resources here at the Science Museum, things that will inspire discussion and make teaching climate science that much more engaging. Right now a special exhibition called Ten Climate Stories is open on the ground [...]
Many of us have heard about how cattle production contributes more to greenhouse emissions than cars, but have you ever wondered just how they calculate a cow’s emissions? I have, so I will share what I came across today. The inflatable tank on the cow’s back is connected directly to the cow’s first stomach through holes in its ribs! [...]
Top tip: Engage your students by making your discussions topical It could be the Copenhagen conference or the Large Hadron Colider – take advantage of whatever’s happening in the news to get your students talking. On a Christmassy theme here’s a great idea generated by teachers in Newcastle on a recent Talk Science course. Santa’s Den Using [...]
This month 192 countries are gathering in Copenhagen to negotiate a new agreement on climate change. The Copenhagen conference provides the perfect backdrop to engage your students with this incredibly important issue, and as the world’s leaders sit down to hammer out a new deal, why not get your students to do the same? Get your [...]
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