Teaching resources – Page 7 of 9

Inspire

December 9, 2007 | Issue 7

Free online teaching materials

It can be difficult and time consuming to develop materials for really good science lessons. Many scientific research organisations, however, provide teaching resources, often designed together with teachers. Researchers provide scientific expertise and the teachers bring years of experience in the…

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

December 6, 2007 | Issue 7

Teaching in the Ukraine: Halyna Yagenska

Halyna Yagenska tells Sai Pathmanathan about teaching in the Ukraine.

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Profiles

Inspire

December 6, 2007 | Issue 7

Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’, By Janet Browne

This short book describes the development of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and examines its wider impact.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Science Magic: in the Kitchen and Science Magic: in the Bathroom, By Richard Robinson

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;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Fossils: A Very Short Introduction and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction, By Keith Thomson and David Norman

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;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Experimental Design for the Life Sciences (2nd Edition), By Graeme D. Ruxton and Nick Colegrave

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;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Science centres working with schools: using peer-to-peer teaching to engage students

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;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

June 12, 2007 | Issue 5

ChemMatters CD-ROM

ChemMatters is an award-winning magazine published quarterly by the American Chemical Society for secondary-school students.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Resources

Inspire

June 12, 2007 | Issue 5

Science Learning Centres: training for teachers

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;
Topics: Profiles, Resources

Understand

June 6, 2007 | Issue 5

Developing a teaching resource on peer review

Ellen Raphael from the charity Sense About Science explains why peer review is so important in science, and describes how an existing guide is being adapted to meet the needs of science teachers.

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Science and society

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