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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.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
The foundations of democratic western civilisation are under threat, argues Dick Taverne. Since the Enlightenment, material and social progress in our society has relied to a large extent on the achievements of science and on the freedom of scientists to question and experiment, free from dogma and…
Ages: 16-19;
Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction are both real tours de force and very engaging books. Their small size makes them easy to pack and take away to read during any spare moments.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Rather than being a book in which one dips to search for the answer to a particular question or for a desired fact, Experimental Design for the Life Sciences is a book to read through in its entirety: the student begins at the beginning and works through, learning how to design a good experiment in…
Ages: 16-19;
The Exploring the Living Cell DVD includes a wide range of films about the cell, covering many topics and providing background information for lessons: the history of the discovery of the cell, ethical debates about stem cells and evolution/creationism, and current research in cell biology. For the…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Sheena Laursen from Experimentarium in Denmark describes how the centre’s Xciter project helps students motivate each other to delve deeper into science.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
To clone or not to clone? That is the question that the book A Clone of Your Own? sets out to investigate.
Ages: 16-19;
ChemMatters is an award-winning magazine published quarterly by the American Chemical Society for secondary-school students.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
“If you are not interested in how evolution came about, and cannot conceive how anyone could be seriously concerned about anything other than human affairs, then do not read it: it will only make you needlessly angry,” wrote John Maynard Smith about The Selfish Gene.
Ages: 16-19;
Anna Gawthorp describes the creation of the ambitious Science Learning Centres network to help UK teachers, technicians and classroom assistants to make UK science education world-class.
Ages: not applicable;
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Science Magic: in the Kitchen and Science Magic: in the Bathroom, By Richard Robinson
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The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism, By Dick Taverne
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Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction, By Keith Thomson and David Norman
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Experimental Design for the Life Sciences (2nd Edition), By Graeme D. Ruxton and Nick Colegrave
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Exploring the Living Cell DVD, By Véronique Kleiner and Christian Sardet
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Science centres working with schools: using peer-to-peer teaching to engage students
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A Clone of Your Own?, By Arlene Judith Klotzko
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ChemMatters CD-ROM
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The Selfish Gene and Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think, By Richard Dawkins
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Science Learning Centres: training for teachers
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