In ancient times, the interest in colour and related techniques involved almost exclusively artists, decorators, fabric dyers, professionals who needed clear recipes to obtain the desired effects in their works, or philosophers and thinkers, because of the symbolic and religious meanings of colours. […]
The term “nanoscience” is explained and illustrated by examples that can help to understand its scope and its importance for everyday life. […]
A ‘physically consistent’ way of explaining tides to secondary school pupils is suggested and described. […]
A report on SciLink, as international exchange project involving high school students and their science teachers in American and Russian schools, as an example of using Internet in science education. […]
The concept of mean is one of those proposed to students mainly relying on intuition. This paper, which is addressed to teachers, has strictly didactic aimsand, although making progressive generalisations, gives examples from the basics of physics. […]