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Superman, Batman, Lightning Lad, Spiderman – they all apply the principles of physics to perform their extraordinary feats… or do they? Which laws are suspended, and which are extended? Which are indeed forgotten completely?
Ages: 11-14, 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;
The Science Behind Medicines CD-ROM is a teaching resource produced by GlaxoSmithKline and aimed at biology and chemistry teachers of post-16 students. It has sections on drug discovery, structural formulae, bacterial infections, asthma and viral infections.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Power, Sex, Suicide: three words that immediately aroused my interest in reading this book. The subtitle, Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life, explains what the book is about – the crucial role of mitochondria in our lives.
Ages: 16-19;
Films about science or even pseudo-science can be powerful tools in the classroom. Heinz Oberhummer from the Cinema and Science project provides a toolkit for using the video-clip collection of the European Space Agency.
Ages: 14-16, 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;
Detlev Arendt, a molecular biologist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, describes to Russ Hodge how his cutting-edge research is following in the footsteps of a 19th-century scientist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Sibylle Moebius introduces a project, GRID, to identify and promote innovative science education in Europe.
Ages: not applicable;
Dhara Thakerar, a second-year student of natural sciences at Cambridge University, UK, elucidates the science of chocolate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Everyone knows what symmetry is. In this article, though, Mario Livio from the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA, explains how not only shapes, but also laws of nature, can be symmetrical.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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The Physics of Superheroes, By James Kakalios
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Success Strategies for Women in Science: A Portable Mentor, By Peggy A. Pritchard
Topics: Resources
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The Science Behind Medicines
Topics: Resources
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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life, By Nick Lane
Topics: Resources
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Video-clip collection of the European Space Agency
Topics: Resources
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A zoologist at school: my pupils and other animals
Topics: Profiles
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A search for the origins of the brain
Topics: Profiles
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GRID: a European network of good practice in science teaching
Topics: Profiles, Resources
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Chocolate’s chemical charm
Topics: Chemistry
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Symmetry rules
Topics: Physics, Mathematics
