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Welcome Listen The Project StoryTelling aims at supporting educational processes in science teaching. In this respect, both the scientific literacy as well as the competences with respect to the natur
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The hard work of experimenting Listen Manchester, in the early 1840s. Manchester was a busy industrial town in these days, actually, it could be named as the industrial cen-ter of England, and in thos
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Scientific Partnership Listen James Prescott Joule, a Manchester owner of a brewery stood in the lecture hall and looked into the faces of the audience that was going to listen to his talk. It was the
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/mouchot-and-the-solar-cooker
Mouchot and the solar cooker Listen The period in which we live is a time of many inventions, that change our lives. The pace of these changes is very large and seems to grow. Some believe that this p
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/chemistry/dalton-and-the-atoms
Dalton and the atoms Listen John Dalton was a happy man. He had always wanted to teach, although in the 18th century, this was somewhat unusual for someone from his social status. He was born as the s
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/chemistry/lavoisier-and-the-conservation-of-mass
Lavoisier and the conservation of mass Listen The month of September had been nice in 1782, and Paris was a very enjoyable town at this time of the year. One morning saw a couple walking from their br
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/chemistry/democritus-and-the-atoms
Democritus and the atoms Listen Plato was walking home, it was a hot afternoon, and he just wanted to get back into the cool space of his house. He was in a rush, despite the temperature, not only bec
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/empirical-evidence
Empirical evidence Listen Science requires and relies on empirical evidence. Empirical evidence is frequently created through experimentation which is certainly one of the major methodological approac
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-nos-feature/step-by-step
Step-by-step Listen There is no single step-by-step method by which all science is done. A classical misconception identifies the production of scientific knowledge by a sort of cybernetic model. At t
https://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-topic/nourishment
Nourishment Listen "There's lots to be done, but they had an idea how to show, that the human body burns food." The fascinating path, which may have led to this discovery, is depicted in Antoine Laure