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Rebecca Skloot tells Sonia Furtado and Marlene Rau how she became a science writer, where she finds inspiration for her stories - and invites you to enter the Science in School science writing competition.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Autumn showers, shortening days, jet-lag… nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of teachers, students and journalists from around the world who took part in the Spanish and German Science on Stage events. Sonia Furtado reports.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Water – Humanity’s Project is a CD-ROM containing a collection of about 300 pieces of media that examine water as an element of daily life as well as an important local and global issue. The collection is suitable for students and teachers of all levels.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Next year, I hope to take a small group of students, aged 15-18, to Iquitos in Peru, where we will board a boat to take us up the Amazon to study the rainforest. So I was particularly interested to see that Iquitos is featured in the Introduction to Ecosystems series of slides on Ecology, a media…
Ages: 16-19;
Conspiracies are at the heart of many a good film and book. Swedish biology teacher Per Kornhall is the author of a critical book on intelligent design and how it is taught in biology lessons in religious schools in Sweden. He talks to Sai Pathmanathan and Marlene Rau about his fascination with…
Ages: not applicable;
Originally, Nadia Salem wanted to become a research biologist and find a cure for cancer. Today, she is a reporter for Nano, a daily science magazine on German-language TV. Nadia talked to Marlene Rau about the unpredictability of life and the joys of being a science journalist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Many of the national Science on Stage organisations are becoming increasingly well established: running inspirational national events, inviting participants from across Europe to join them, and setting up projects with teachers in other countries. This commitment to European science education…
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
If you ask Italian school students to name an active volcano in their country, they will have a wealth of names – such as Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and all the other Aeolian Islands – to choose from.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
It is a regrettable fact that there is a marked decline of interest in learning about science among school students today (in many developed countries, at least).
Ages: 16-19;
Horror movies are a popular, albeit rather despised, film genre. It is all the more surprising that the most horrific of the current crop of scary movies has recently won an Oscar, not to mention the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to its main protagonist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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How to write a good science story: writing competition
Topics: Events
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Science on Stage: recent international events
Topics: Events
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Water – Humanity s Project: media collection for the classroom, By Siemens AG
Topics: Resources
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Ecology: media presentation CD-ROM, By Biozone
Topics: Resources
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Teaching in Sweden: tackling creationism, making waves
Topics: Profiles
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The winding road to science journalism
Topics: Profiles
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Science on Stage: recent activities
Topics: Events
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Volcano Island, By David Lea and Professor Steve Sparks
Topics: Resources
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Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science, By Moti Ben-Ari
Topics: Resources
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An Inconvenient Truth, By Al Gore
Topics: Resources
