{"id":6783,"date":"2015-06-12T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2015-06-03T11:42:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T10:42:31","slug":"in-the-classroom-the-importance-of-secondary-school-science-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2015\/06\/12\/in-the-classroom-the-importance-of-secondary-school-science-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"In the classroom: The importance of secondary school science competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science competitions in secondary school can inspire students and teachers alike, as\u00a0Eric Plum, now a lecturer, and his former teacher\u00a0Walter Stein\u00a0explain.<\/h2>\n

Contributor Alberto Moscatelli<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Nature-nanotechnology\"<\/a>A way to engage secondary school pupil\u2019s interest in science is through science competitions. In our June issue, Eric Plum, now a lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK, teams up with his former school teacher Walter Stein and share his experience. For him this was the springboard for a career in science. But it is not just students who can gain valuable lessons from these competitions: Educators and established researchers have much to contribute and learn too. And as it was the case for the students and teachers of St. Michael-Gymnasium in Bad M\u00fcnstereifel, Germany, a carefully though through and well-designed science project can get you to shake hands with a Nobel laureate.<\/p>\n

Read Eric Plum and Walter Stein\u2019s article, Inspired by competition<\/i><\/a>, on the Nature<\/em> Nano website for free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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