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| Issue 11

Serendipity in life (and) science: Christian Mellwig

Life has a funny habit of turning out quite differently from what you expect. Take Christian Mellwig, for example. He explains to Vienna Leigh that he was determined that, whatever path he took in life, it wouldn’t be teaching.

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Profiles
   

| Issue 11

How to write a good science story: writing competition

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;
Topics: Events
 

| Issue 11

Science on Stage: recent international events

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;
Topics: Events
 

| Issue 10

Ecology: media presentation CD-ROM, By Biozone

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;
Topics: Resources

| Issue 10

Teaching in Sweden: tackling creationism, making waves

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…

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Topics: Profiles
 

| Issue 10

The winding road to science journalism

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;
Topics: Profiles
 

| Issue 10

Science on Stage: recent activities

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;
Topics: Events