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How can we make STEM subjects more engaging for students?

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Maker education develops skills in mathematics such as measurement, data analysis, spatial reasoning, counting and geometry,” explains Mark. Mathematical activities in maker spaces might include students designing and measuring things themselves or working out how to fit different shapes together to create new shapes. Sounds great!

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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This software is needed to collect and analyse the data from images, as well as to create simulations and compare their results. Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal.