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Elia Bergamin; Giacomo Fabris; Matteo Neffat; Paola Baron Toaldo; Daniela De Luchi; Renato Bonomi – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
A class of 18 students attending the last year of an Italian high school was divided into groups and performed the extraction of pigments contained in hibiscus tea. Each group worked at a different temperature and carried out multiple extractions using distilled water as a solvent. By means of UV-vis spectroscopy it was possible to determine the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science
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Postiglione, A.; De Angelis, I. – Physics Education, 2021
General relativity (GR) represents the most recent theory of gravity, on which all modern astrophysics is based, including some of the most astonishing results of physics research. Nevertheless, its study is limited to university courses, while being ignored at high-school level. To introduce GR in high school, one of the approaches that can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Albéri, Matteo; Baldoncini, Marica; Bottardi, Carlo; Chiarelli, Enrico; Landsberger, Sheldon; Raptis, Kassandra Giulia Cristina; Serafini, Andrea; Strati, Virginia; Mantovani, Fabio – Education Sciences, 2019
Although environmental radioactivity is all around us, the collective public imagination often associates a negative feeling to this natural phenomenon. To increase the familiarity with this phenomenon we have designed, implemented, and tested an interdisciplinary educational activity for pre-collegiate students in which nuclear engineering and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Radiation, Learning Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Fanini, Lucia – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
In response to a direct request from science teachers, researchers initiated a pilot experience on animal orientation and navigation, which was delivered to 61 13-year-old students in Florence, Italy. The aim was to explain the approach to ethology and to link animal navigation with geography, focusing on species crossing the Italian territory.…
Descriptors: Animals, Science Programs, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers