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Australian wildfires, figures and consequences

Wildfires are continuing in Australia, and the worst hit states are Queensland and New South Wales. According to estimates, from September to date, around 487.7 million animals, including birds, reptiles and mammals (invertebrates are not counted) are thought to have died. The fires have burnt over five million hectares in five states, including the ancient forests in New South Wales, causing emissions of around 250 million tons of CO₂. Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), the animal chosen as the emblem of Australia, is one of the species most affected. In fact, in New South Wales, it is thought that approximately eight thousand koalas have died, almost a third of the population of the state. Koalas are particularly vulnerable to fires because they move slowly and live in eucalyptus trees, which are highly flammable. Outbreaks and propagation of wildfires are favoured by unusually high temperatures. The highest temperatures ever have been recorded in Australia over the past few weeks, with an average of 41.9°C. Even rainforests, eucalyptus forests, swamps and banana plantations, which in normal conditions would not burn because they are too humid, have been assailed by this anomalous surge of fires. When the fires have been put out it will be possible to conduct more accurate field research to gain a more detailed picture of the ecological consequences of the fires.
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E-learning

To inform younger students about Energy and Environment, Science, Chemistry, English culture and English language, with accompanying images, interviews and videos.

E-learning

To inform younger students about Energy and Environment, Science, Chemistry, English culture and English language, with accompanying images, interviews and videos.

Clilinaction

CLIL will no longer be a secret with"clil in action"! Watch the lessons on physics, biology, earth science and chemistry, in CLIL mode, the result of the synergy of Eniscuola with the students and teachers of Italian schools.

Clilinaction

Smartenglish

Improve your English with Smartenglish! An online course, be used alone or in class, to complement the curriculum or to recover debits. An aid for students, a monitoring tool for teachers.

Smartenglish

Scienze in classe

Studying physics, biology, earth science and chemistry has never been so stimulating! Supplement the classroom lessons with those that Eniscuola has created for you with the teachers and students of Italian schools.

Scienze in classe
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International projects

Projects involving students from around the world, of different ages, which allow students to learn new content and release their energy, through participation and discussion.

International projects

Projects involving students from around the world, of different ages, which allow students to learn new content and release their energy, through participation and discussion.

Lab 4 energy

A virtual thematic classroom, high school students linked from various parts of the world for 15 courses on the world of energy, organised by faculty of MIT in Boston and world-renowned experts.

Lab 4 energy

Necst

We are a partner of the NECST project , the European Union programme that connects schools in Croatia, Holland, Norway and Italy in the creation of a digital platform for research and exchange of knowledge on energy production.

Necst

Schoolnet

A storyboard full of texts and drawings to narrate one's country in an original manner: letting loose the imagination of children around the world in the 2014 edition. And for the winners, production of animated short films!

Schoolnet

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What language does science speak? 2nd part

There is an old proverb that says “the apple does not fall far from the tree ”. Apparently it seems perfectly true: the product of something or someone is quite naturally similar to what generated it. As we observed in…

life

Praising the meatball

Let's learn to transform waste into resources How often have we opened the refrigerator to find a couple of eggs and a yoghurt expired a few days ago, a bit of wilted salad, half a bottle of a fizzy drink…

life

What language does science speak?

Do you remember the game called “Chinese whispers”? All the participants had to stand in line and the game started with the first player whispering a word or a sentence in the ear of the person standing next to him.…

life

Pollination, a perfect alliance between plants and animals

Firmly rooted in soil, over the course of their evolution plants have had to develop biological mechanisms for feeding and reproduction without moving, a characteristic that differentiates them from animals which on the contrary move around to procure food and…

life

The Piltdown Man, or the most famous hoax ever

Flat Earth, toxic vaccines, alien invasions, chemtrails… Scientific hoaxes run rife on the web since social networks came into being. And yet they are not modern inventions, such hoaxes have always existed. One of the most famous hoaxes ever concerns…

life

8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.

DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss biochemist in 1869. It was a brilliant, but not complicated operation: DNA can be extracted from a mixture of any cells, even your own, even at home. The recipe for the…

life

In search of the riders of icebergs

International Polar Bear Day, set up by Polar Bears International, a non-profit organisation, was held on 27 February. The aim of day is to increase awareness in all of us of the challenges that polar bears must face daily due…

life

Urban aliens

When you take your dog out for a walk in the public gardens near your home or during a stroll through a park in your city, have you ever asked yourself which species the trees that surround you belong to?…

life

Dwarfs and giants of the islands

Elephants have eyes that are small in proportion to the size of their heads: it is quite hard to locate their eye sockets at the sides of their skulls. On the contrary, their large nasal cavity right in centre of…

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