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Crispr: Crash course
The gene editing technique CRISPR unleashed a true revolution in science. How exactly do genetic scissors work? Eos editor Kim Verhaeghe experienced this for himself during a crash course in Crispr in the lab of Joleen Masschelein at KU Leuven and …
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The annoying fruit fly also has countless scientific breakthroughs to its credit
The fruit fly has played a major role in biomedical research for more than a hundred years. The insect that colonizes the fruit basket in no time, is part of genetics, helps scientists to unravel the functioning of our body and the origin of …
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Justin Beaver: VR on climate change
Justin Beaver is an interactive VR film where students can experience the changes caused by global warming and pollution from the eyes of a beaver.
In this article you will be taken into the story of Alexandra Sierra, who designed Justin Beaver .
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School vegetable garden manual
We eat all day long, but many children do not know that corn, strawberries and lettuce were once small seeds.
Through the school vegetable garden you can introduce children to the wonderful process from seed to plant. The school vegetable garden is …
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Children's books about how the brain works
A list of books about how the brain works.
The way the brain works is very complicated. However, it can be very useful to talk to children about how the brain works. If you start using mindset methods or would like to get started with a growth …
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What happens to fruit waste in nature?
You may think that organic waste is easily broken down and disappears into the soil, but we wanted to test that anyway.
Curious about the result?
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Minimum Maximum: Lestip
The German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann decorates traditional oil paintings with red noses or cross-eyed. What strikes? Minimal intervention, maximum effect. Do you also try this out with your students with their score as a work product?
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Irritate with Brian Eno: Lesson Suggestion
Producer Brian Eno likes to impose restrictions on his artists. He taped the fingers of Coldplay's Chris Martin together to force him to play the piano in a new way.
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Improvisation for all!: How do students experience collective free improvisation in compulsory education
The research Improvisation for all! How do pupils experience collective free improvisation in compulsory education ? The experiences of pupils (n=1282) from secondary education with a collective free improvisation lesson.
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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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Listen better to your student during instrument class
A violin teacher noticed that she always looked at the technical aspect: the bow stroke that is not correct, a wrong fingering, the thumb that is not in the right place ...
This post is part of the weekly blog of Erik Schrooten , founder of Kunstig …
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