Talk Science

The Hubble telescope is celebrating 20 years of stargazing this year. Launched in 1990, Hubble orbits the Earth sending back images of the universe. Scientists have been able to use Hubble to help more accurately determine the age of the universe (somewhere between 13-14 billions years old, just in case you were wondering) and the telescope also played [...]

The world’s biggest atom smasher is back on track.
The Large Hadron Collider was switched on this week and the last time we checked on their Twitter account it was all going well. The scientists will continue in their work to unravel our understanding of how the universe came into exisitence. The project has been beset by problems [...]

Students Talk Science @ The Science Museum
Last Friday over 40 KS3 and 4 students took part in our ever popular News+Views Activity. Scientist Mark Hammond from Reading University joined us along with Gordon the Rat-brained robot. Gordon is a very special robot. Controlled by a dish full of rats’ brain cells, he’s helping scientists to [...]

Here’s a unsung hero of discussion techniques: the Socratic Seminar. The Talk Science team first picked this technique up during a series of lesson observations in secondary schools across London. It’s a great format to use to encourage students to contribute, and it scores major points on the classroom management front as only one half of the [...]

Cloning always seems to be popping up in the news – it’s an issue where science meets sci-fi and it raises enormous ethical questions. It’s also a topic on many GSCE courses, so it’s a great subject to discuss with your class.

Cloning from an adult cell really hit the headlines back in 1997 with the arrival of [...]

TV naturalist Chris Packham said last week in a newspaper article that pandas should be left to face extinction. It’s a shocking statement from a man who is well-known for his love of animals, and one that will provoke strong reactions from your students.
Pandas appeal to peoples’ emotional side, and they have become a poster-child for conservation. [...]