Dance of the Tiger, By Björn Kurtén
Teachers and many older school students will enjoy Dance of the Tiger, a very unusual fictional story written by a scientist about his own subject.
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Teachers and many older school students will enjoy Dance of the Tiger, a very unusual fictional story written by a scientist about his own subject.
The aim of Choosing Children is to investigate how humanity should regulate its fast-increasing ability to genetically design the babies of tomorrow.
Nontraditional Careers for Chemists: New Formulas in Chemistry is the perfect book for chemistry students who are interested in exploring career options beyond the laboratory.
It can be difficult and time consuming to develop materials for really good science lessons. Many scientific research organisations, however, provide teaching resources, often designed together with teachers. Researchers provide scientific expertise and the teachers bring years of experience in the…
Why do some people find that their urine smells horribly after eating asparagus? Should green beans be cooked with the lid on or off? How hot are chilli peppers? What affects the colour and texture of cooked vegetables? These are a few of the questions that the Kitchen Chemistry book and CD-ROM aim…
This short book describes the development of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and examines its wider impact.
These two DVD sets, produced by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as part of its Holiday Lectures on Science programme, address two highly interesting subjects which directly or indirectly affect our everyday lives: biological clocks and evolution.
Halina Stanley from the American School in Grenoble, France, reviews some of her favourite ‘ask a scientist’ websites in English and French. Thanks to the help of many readers throughout Europe, we can also draw your attention to sites in Croat, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian,…
Everyone does it everywhere all the time. I am not talking about Germans smoking, Americans eating burgers, or adults having sex – although the latter gets us thinking in the right direction.
The Science Magic books are part of a series of home-based practical science books that take as their unusual theme the use of items typically found in particular rooms of the house.
Dance of the Tiger, By Björn Kurtén
Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design, By Jonathan Glover
Nontraditional Careers for Chemists: New Formulas in Chemistry, By Lisa M. Balbes
Free online teaching materials
Kitchen Chemistry, By Ted Lister and Heston Blumenthal
Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’, By Janet Browne
Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time and Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads
‘Ask a scientist’ websites
The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved, By Robbins Burling
Science Magic: in the Kitchen and Science Magic: in the Bathroom, By Richard Robinson