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Scientific research is not a career that most people believe to be suitable for the blind, but such beliefs are changing. Biologist Geerat Vermeij explains that, whether you are blind or not, science is competitive, tedious and hard – and he loves it.
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Science on Stage brings together many of Europe’s most innovative and inspiring science teachers. Andrew Brown reviews some of the recent national activities.
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Thanks to the determination of UK physics teacher David Richardson, increasing numbers of students in Rwandan schools are experiencing the delight of practical work. Vienna Leigh reports.
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Relativity is, admittedly, a difficult subject to understand, even to science-oriented people. In Relativity: A Very Short Introduction, Russell Stannard has made an effort to explain relativity and its implications for the laws that govern the Universe in a way that can be understood by those with…
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www.instructables.com is a website that shows you how to make all sorts of weird and wonderful things, from apple coasters to a z-bend hyper-hornet.
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Marlene Rau reports on the 22nd European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS).
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Courtney Williams, winner of the CERN prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2009, reports on her experiences and those of the other EIROforum prize winners.
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Why should British teachers stop using the Brain Gym, which refers to itself as an ‘educational movement-based model’ and is used in thousands of British schools?
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Biology and chemistry teacher Werner Liese talks to Marlene Rau about the challenges of performing science experiments with blind and visually impaired students.
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The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). Ivo Grigorov, Lise Cronne and Giulia Realdon provide a collection of web resources for teachers and students on the occasion.
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To sea with a blind scientist
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Science on Stage: countdown to the international festival
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Teacher solidarity: a UK-Rwandan physics project
Topics: Profiles
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Relativity: A Very Short Introduction, By Russell Stannard
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Instructables website
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Young minds in science: the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2010
Topics: Events
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Young scientists at the cutting edge: EIROforum prize winners
Topics: Events
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Bad Science, By Ben Goldacre
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Blind date in the science classroom
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Educational resources for the International Year of Biodiversity
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