FW: [Science in School email alert] Science in School email alert 20: September 2011
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Subject: [Science in School email alert] Science in School email alert 20: September 2011
Science in School email alert 20: September 2011
Dear Science in School subscribers,
I am pleased to inform you that the twentieth issue of Science in School is now available to read and download online (http://www.scienceinschool.org/current). Those of you who have subscribed to a print copy will receive it shortly.
In this issue, learn how to give your students the physics lesson of their lives – in an amusement park; get them to combat global climate change; discover whether you are descended from a Neanderthal; or learn about electromagnetic radiation and its implications in astronomy. See the contents, below.
Help us save the print journal!
I am delighted to announce that our publisher, EIROforum, has agreed to fund Science in School for a further two years, with enough money to cover the online production. We are also making every effort to continue printing your favourite science-teaching journal, for you to read on the train, refer to again and again, or share with colleagues, students and friends – but we need your help.
We have decided not to charge subscription fees, but this will only work with your support. Through the donations button on our website, you can now make your contribution to better science education in Europe: every cent we receive will go towards the costs of printing and distributing Science in School. For more details, see our website (http://www.scienceinschool.org/donation). Please also encourage your friends and colleagues to donate, and help us continue the print journal – for you and your colleagues across Europe.
Getting involved
We welcome the involvement of our readers. For example, you might like to:
- Join the referee panel and help us choose which articles to publish (we particularly need more primary-school referees)
- Translate articles into your native (European) language
- Review books or other resources for teachers
- Tell other teachers about Science in School (see below)
- Submit your own articles.
If you are interested, please consult our website (http://www.scienceinschool.org/information) and then email us (edi...@scienceinschool.org).
Class sets
For the next few months, we can still offer copies of Issues 3-12, so let us know if you would like to receive class sets (e.g. 30 copies) of one or more of these issues. The journals themselves are free; you only need to pay the distribution costs. Hurry while stocks last!
Editorial
- Welcome to the twentieth issue of Science in School (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/editorial)
News from the EIROs
- Google, guts and gravity (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/eiroforum)
EIROforum, the publisher of Science in School, reports on the latest news from its eight European inter-governmental research organisations.
Events
- Forthcoming events (http://www.scienceinschool.org/events)
Read (frequently updated)
Feature article
- An archaeologist of the genome: Svante Pääbo (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/paabo)
Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo excavates the genome to understand human evolution.
Cutting-edge science
- Healthy horrors: the benefits of parasites (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/horrors)
Should we change our view of the horrors that dwell within us?
- Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/arctic)
Scientists from ILL and ESRF have discovered how Arctic fish use antifreeze to survive sub-zero conditions.
Teaching activities
- Fizzy fun: CO2 in primary-school science (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/co2)
Why not try these fizzy and fun activities involving carbon dioxide?
- Hunting for asteroids (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/asteroids)
Keen to save the world? In this activity, you can potentially do just that: by detecting real asteroids – which may be heading for Earth.
- Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/plastics)
Exploit your students' interest in cars to investigate how plastics are synthesised and recycled.
Project in science education
- Going wild: teaching physics on a roller coaster (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/amusement)
Roller coasters, carousels and other amusement park rides can be great fun – and can even be used as a science lesson.
Science topics
- More than meets the eye: the electromagnetic spectrum (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/em)
Meet the European Space Agency’s fleet of science missions, which are opening our eyes to a mysterious and hidden Universe.
- Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/wedges)
How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist.
Scientist profile
- Warrior against pseudoscience: Daniella Muallem (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/muallem)
Daniella is one of many young scientists who have taken up arms against misleading ‘scientific’ claims.
Reviews
- The Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) website (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/ted)
- Sustainable Energy – without the hot air (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/sustain)
- Translations - from today’s science to tomorrow’s medicine in Berlin-Buch (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/translations)
- The Rough Guide to the Brain (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/brain)
- Globesity: A planet out of control? (http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue20/globesity)
Please help us to tell science teachers about our free journal!
Science in School is a European journal to promote inspiring science teaching. It covers not only biology, physics and chemistry, but also earth sciences, engineering and medicine. The contents include news about the latest scientific discoveries, current science topics, teaching materials, projects in science education, interviews with inspiring teachers and scientists, reviews of books, films and websites, European events for teachers and schools, and many other useful resources for science teachers.
Science in School is freely available. Online articles are published in many European languages and an English-language print version is distributed across Europe. Originally supported by the European Commission, the journal is published and funded by EIROforum, a partnership between Europe’s eight largest intergovernmental research organisations (http://www.eiroforum.org).
European school teachers are invited to help by:
- Submitting articles for publication
- Joining the referee panel and helping to decide which articles to publish
- Reviewing books and other resources for teachers
- Translating articles into their own language.
Subscribing
For details of how to subscribe to Science in School, see http://www.scienceinschool.org/help#subscribe.
Unsubscribing
If you prefer not to receive emails when subsequent issues are published, you can unsubscribe by visiting our website (http://www.scienceinschool.org), entering your email address in the field in the right-hand column and clicking on the 'Unsubscribe' button.
Best regards,
Eleanor Hayes
Editor-in-Chief of Science in School
edi...@scienceinschool.org
http://www.scienceinschool.org