Book series about research activities

The book series 'Scientific Breakthroughs in the Classroom!' offers guidance on how to bring science into primary education through inquiry-based learning. The books cover top research projects conducted at the Radboud University and the Radboudumc into activities for in the classroom. Each book focuses on three scientific themes, with for each theme a description of the content described, a series of activities and a step-by-step description of how to guide pupils in setting up their own research.

Though the physical version of the book series is only available in Dutch, a number of chapters have been translated into English. You can download digital versions of these through the documents available on this page. For a full overview of all books in the series, check the Dutch version of this page

English chapters

Reading guide

DNA

Higgs boson

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