Science in School Issue 4

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* 1. Which option(s) best describe(s) your profession?

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* 2. Which field(s) do you work in? Please select all that apply.

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* 3. How did you hear about Science in School? Please select all that apply.

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* 4. Did you read Science in School

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* 5. From Issue 4, please select your FIVE favourite articles.

I did not read any articles in this issue

Forthcoming events

Launch event of Cinema and Science (CISCI)

Ethics in research

Silken, stretchy and stronger than steel!

How do muscles produce work? Using optical tweezers to study molecular machines

Two hydrolytic enzymes and an epistemological–historical approach

Democs – a conversation card activity for teaching science and citizenship

A fresh look at light: build your own spectrometer

Explor@mobile: using new technologies to teach science to teenagers

Fair enough? Balanced considerations for future science-fair organisers

The Faulkes Telescopes: real-time, remote-control astronomy for schools

Scientists@work

Plant hallucinogens as magical medicines

Is traditional engineering the right system with which to manipulate our world?

Fusion in the Universe: we are all stardust

You’re researching what? Toothpaste?

Science in film 'Erin Brockovich'

Review of 'The Third Man of the Double Helix'

Review of 'Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing'

Review of 'The Molecular Biology of the Cell' and 'The Molecular Biology of the Cell: A Problems Approach'

Design the cover for Science in School!

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* 6. From Issue 3, please select your FIVE favourite articles.

I did not read any articles in this issue

Forthcoming events

Catch a Star! and win an astronomical competition!

ESOF 2006: science close up and personal

Something special in the air

Alec Jeffreys: a pioneer on the frontier of human diversity

The joy of discovery: a personal experience

The ecologist’s view of bird flu

The yeast proteome: retooling the factory floor

The detective mystery: an interdisciplinary foray into basic forensic science

Introducing radio transmission with a simple experiment

Putting the buzz back into school grounds

Perfume chemistry, sexual attraction and exploding balloons: university activities for school

The Bone Trail: generating enthusiasm for earth sciences in the classroom

Bringing global climate change to the classroom

Fusion in the Universe: the power of the Sun

Sleep and learning

1000 years of missing science

Eurobarometer

Memories of a very special teacher

Handstands and ties: a career in teaching

Forensic entomology: activities for schools

Review of 'Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 Other Questions'

Review of 'Kleine botanische Experimente'

Review of 'The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes'

Review of 'A Stem Cell Story'

Science podcasts

The neutron teaspoon

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* 7. From Issue 2, please select your FIVE favourite articles.

I did not read any articles in this issue

Forthcoming events

The scientist of the future

Are there Earth-like planets around other stars?

A new tree of life

Scientists at play: contraptions for developing science process skills

Modelling the DNA double helix using recycled materials

Chocolate challenge

Environmental chemistry: water testing as part of collaborative project work

Promoting science and motivating students in the 21st century

The Exhibition Ship MS Einstein – a floating source of scientific knowledge

Linking university and school: addressing the challenges of science teaching in Italy

Forensic entomology

Symmetry rules

Chocolate's chemical charm

Epigenetics

GRID: a European network of good practice in science teaching

A search for the origins of the brain

A zoologist at school: my pupils and other animals

Science in film: video clip collection of European Space Agency

Review of 'Power, Sex and Suicide'

Review of 'The Science Behind Medicine'

Review of 'Success Strategies for Women'

Review of 'The Physics of Superheroes'

Review of 'Real Mosquitoes Don’t Eat Meat'

Review of 'Learning from Patients'

Free online journals

Putting the fizz into physics

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* 8. From Issue 1, please select your FIVE favourite articles.

I did not read any articles in this issue

Space balloons, mousetraps and earthquakes, it's Science on Stage!

Science teachers take centre stage

Upcoming events

Extract from 'Uncle Tungsten'

Defying the laws of physics?

A bright future for light microscopy

Shipwreck: science to the rescue!

Teaching science and humanities

Discovering DNA

Scientists at play

'Spiders in Space'

Launching a dream

Tracing earthquakes

Fusion – the ace in the energy pack?

Running one of the world's largest telescopes

Diabetes mellitus

How do students perceive science and technology?

The sky's the limit

Fighting malaria on a new front

Those who can, teach

Science in film: 'Deep Impact'

Review of 'Evolution in Four Dimensions'

Review of 'The Ancestor's Tale'

Review of 'DNA Interactive (DVD)'

Review of 'The Elements of Murder'

Review of 'Nanotechnology DVDs'

Resources on the web: free image databases

The DNA cocktail

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* 9. What did you particularly like about the articles you chose?

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* 10. Have you used Science in School articles in your lessons? Which articles? Please describe how you used them.

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* 11. What topics would you like to see in future issues?

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* 12. How could we improve Science in School?

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