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>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:04:50 +0200
>Subject: Science in School email alert 2: August 2006
>From: Eleanor Hayes <eleanor.hayes@...>
>To: Eleanor Hayes <eleanor.hayes@...>
>Thread-Topic: Science in School email alert 2: August 2006
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>Dear Science in School subscribers,
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>I am delighted to inform you that the second
>issue of Science in School is now available to
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>In this issue, we have contributions from ten
>countries covering topics as varied as
>astronomy, environmental chemistry and insect
>biology. Exciting European projects include a
>floating exhibition in Germany, an Italian
>university-school laboratory and a UK scheme to
>bring young scientists into the classroom. Among
>my personal favourites are two articles that
>together address the 'theory and practice' of
>chocolate. A full table of contents is available
>at www.scienceinschool.org/2006/issue2.
>
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* Welcome to the second issue of Science in School
Since the publication of the first issue, we have
received a lot of enthusiastic feedback from our
readers. Science teachers from across Europe
particularly liked our innovative teaching ideas,
accessible science coverage, interdisciplinary
topics and European approach. And these are
features that we intend to continue to offer.
Read | PDF [200 KB]
Events
* Forthcoming events
Read (frequently updated) | PDF [132 KB]
Feature article: Susan Greenfield and Martin Westwell
* The scientist of the future
Susan Greenfield and Martin Westwell from the
Institute for the Future of the Mind consider the
needs of the future scientist.
- Read | PDF [148 KB]
Cutting-edge science
* Are there Earth-like planets around other stars?
Uffe Gråe Jørgensen from the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark, describes the search for
Earth-like planets elsewhere in our galaxy.
Read | PDF [356 KB]
* A new tree of life
At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in
Heidelberg, Germany, Peer Bork's research group
has meticulously reconstructed a new tree of life
- tracing the course of evolution. Russ Hodge
explains.
Read | PDF [260 KB]
Teaching activities
* Scientists at play: contraptions
for developing science process skills
In the second of two articles on developing the
processes of enquiry, hypothesis and testing,
Alfredo Tifi, Natale Natale and Antonietta
Lombardi describe how to build and apply some of
the low-cost equipment they have developed.
Read | PDF [244 KB]
* Modelling the DNA double helix using recycled materials
Dionisios Karounias, Evanthia Papanikolaou and
Athanasios Psarreas, from Greece, describe their
innovative model of the DNA double helix - using
empty bottles and cans!
Read | PDF [280 KB]
* The chocolate challenge
John Schollar from the National Centre for
Biotechnology Education at the University of
Reading, UK, finds an excuse for eating one of
his favourite foods - chocolate.
Read | PDF [184 KB]
* Environmental chemistry: water
testing as part of collaborative project work
Wetlands are key habitats for a vast range of
wildlife. Richard Harwood and Chris Starr, from
Aiglon College, Switzerland, describe a school
project to measure water quality in a local
wetlands region.
Read | PDF [216 KB]
Projects in science education
* Promoting science and motivating students in the 21st century
Marilyn Brodie from the Centre for Science
Education, UK, describes two projects to involve
the scientific research community in schools and
raise enthusiasm for science among students.
Read | PDF [196 KB]
* The exhibition ship MS Einstein:
a floating source of scientific knowledge
Imagine a barge carrying not coal or other heavy
cargo, but something much more precious -
inspiration! Beate Langholf from Wissenschaft im
Dialog, Germany, describes a science exhibition
that travels the rivers of Germany with a
different theme each year.
Read | PDF [356 KB]
* Linking university and school:
addressing the challenges of science teaching in
Italy
Mariolina Tenchini, Director of Cus-Mi-Bio in
Milan, Italy, introduces a university initiative
to motivate science teachers and provide both
them and their students with hands-on experience
of cutting-edge science.
Read | PDF [164 KB]
Science topics
* Forensic entomology
Are you a biologist with a mission? Do you want
to fight crime with science? Martin Hall and
Amoret Brandt from The Natural History Museum in
London, UK, introduce the fascinating (and
smelly) field of forensic entomology.
Read | PDF [212 KB]
* Symmetry rules
Everyone knows what symmetry is. In this article,
though, Mario Livio from the Space Telescope
Science Institute, Baltimore, USA, explains how
not only shapes, but also laws of nature, can be
symmetrical.
Read | PDF [216 KB]
* Chocolate's chemical charm
Dhara Thakerar, a second-year student of natural
sciences at Cambridge University, UK, elucidates
the science of chocolate.
Read | PDF [200 KB]
* Epigenetics
We tend to think of our genetic information as
being encoded in DNA - in our genes. Brona
McVittie from Epigenome NoE, UK, describes why
this is only part of the story.
Read | PDF [184 KB]
Spotlight on education
* GRID: a European network of good practice in science teaching
Sibylle Moebius introduces a project, GRID, to
identify and promote innovative science education
in Europe
Read | PDF [204 KB]
Scientist profile
* A search for the origins of the brain
Detlev Arendt, a molecular biologist at the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory,
Heidelberg, Germany, describes to Russ Hodge how
his cutting-edge research is following in the
footsteps of a 19th-century scientist.
Read | PDF [264 KB]
Teacher profile
* A zoologist at school: my pupils and other animals
Silvia Boi, a science teacher from Italy,
explains how her fascination with science led her
to study ant behaviour, worm reproduction and the
human genome - and how she now tries to awaken
that fascination in her pupils, using somewhat
unusual techniques.
Read | PDF [128 KB]
Science in film
* Video-clip collection of the European Space Agency
Films about science or even pseudo-science can be
powerful tools in the classroom. Heinz Oberhummer
from the Cinema and Science project provides a
toolkit for using the video-clip collection of
the European Space Agency.
Read | PDF [200 KB]
Reviews
* Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
Read | PDF [128 KB]
* The Science Behind Medicines
Read | PDF [128 KB]
* Success Strategies for Women in Science: A Portable Mentor
Read | PDF [132 KB]
* The Physics of Superheroes
Read | PDF [128 KB]
* Real Mosquitoes Don't Eat Meat:
This and Other Inquiries into the Oddities of
Nature
Read | PDF [128 KB]
* Learning from Patients: The Science of Medicine
Read | PDF [128 KB]
Resources on the web
* Free science journals
Are you looking for a good article to use in a
lesson? Or do you just want to browse a science
journal or two for inspiration? Here is a
selection of free online science journals and
some useful tools for tracking down the books,
articles and journals you need.
Read (updated) | PDF [156 KB]
Back in the staffroom
* Putting the fizz into physics!
Lucy Attwood from Oxford Danfysik, UK, explains
the mysterious appeal of champagne.
Read | PDF [124 KB]



--
Dr. Keith S. Taber
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education

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