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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;
Isabel Plantier teaches biology and geology to 15-year-old students in Portugal. She has been teaching for 25 years and tells Sai Pathmanathan that time really does fly when you’re having fun.
Ages: not applicable;
Germany, like many other European countries, has difficulties attracting women into science. Diana Schimke from the University of Ulm, is working improve matters by putting schoolgirls directly in contact with women scientists.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Linda Sellou, a French PhD student at Bristol University, UK, tells Sai Pathmanathan, a science education journalist, what she thought of her school science and what she’s up to now…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
John Watson, “the teacher who does handstands in class”, reminisces about what drew him to teach biology, shares memorable moments from his 38-year teaching career, and explains how scientists can help to inspire science teaching.
Ages: not applicable;
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting, remembers his childhood passion for science, explains what we have learned from direct DNA analysis, and describes his work with Chernobyl survivors. Interviewed by Russ Hodge and Anna-Lynn Wegener from the European Molecular Biology…
Ages: 16-19;
Fay Christodoulou, a Greek PhD student at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), is an example that shows not every researcher is born with a passion for science. She describes to Anna-Lynn Wegener from EMBL how her biology teacher inspired a long-lasting interest in science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What inspires someone to be a spacecraft designer? And how can you become one? Russ Hodge from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, interviews Adam Baker and reveals all.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A professor once told me in a job interview that he prefers to hire women for his laboratory “because they get things done”. Nonetheless, although a blunt question as to whether you plan to have children is certainly out of fashion, female scientists still experience situations that are…
Ages: 16-19;
Silvia Boi, a science teacher from Italy, explains how her fascination with science led her to study ant behaviour, worm reproduction and the human genome – and how she now tries to awaken that fascination in her pupils, using somewhat unusual techniques.
Ages: not applicable;
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Science centres working with schools: using peer-to-peer teaching to engage students
Topics: Resources
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Launching ideas
Topics: Profiles
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CyberMentor: e-mentoring to strengthen interest and participation of girls in STEM
Topics: Science and society, General science
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You’re researching what? Toothpaste?
Topics: Profiles
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Handstands and ties: a career in teaching
Topics: Profiles
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Alec Jeffreys interview: a pioneer on the frontier of human diversity
Topics: Biology, General science, Chemistry, Science and society
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Memories of a very special teacher
Topics: Profiles
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The sky’s the limit
Topics: Profiles
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Success Strategies for Women in Science: A Portable Mentor, By Peggy A. Pritchard
Topics: Resources
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A zoologist at school: my pupils and other animals
Topics: Profiles
