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Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:47:19 +0200
From: Eleanor Hayes 
<eleanor.hayes AT embl.de>
To: Eleanor Hayes 
<eleanor.hayes AT embl.de>
Subject: Science in School email alert 14: April 2010

Dear Science in School subscribers,

I am pleased to inform you that the fourteenth issue of Science in School is 
now
available to read and download online (www.scienceinschool.org). Those of you 
who
have subscribed to a print copy will receive it shortly. We hope you enjoy 
this
issue ? see the contents list below.

Getting involved

The number of translated articles on our website is increasing steadily. 
Italian,
German, Greek and Spanish are particularly well represented at the moment, 
but we
have articles in 28 languages. If you would like more articles online in your
native language, you might like to either translate some yourself, or 
encourage
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science
teachers across Europe and beyond in our online discussion forum? Do you 
think is
it useful and ethically acceptable to dissect animals at school? What do you
think research scientists can do to help teachers? And how would you use a 
cloud
chamber in your lessons? See http://www.scienceinschool.org/forum

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Contents

    *Editorial
 Welcome to the fourteenth issue of Science in School
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/editorial


    *Events
Forthcoming events
http://www.scienceinschool.org/events

Science on Stage: recent activities
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/sons

Teachers and scientists face to face: the first EIROforum teacher school
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/eiroforumschool


    *Feature article
Science is a collective human adventure: interview with Pierre Léna
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/pierrelena
Pierre Léna talks to Marlene Rau about science education, the importance of
curiosity, and his commitment to inquiry-based science teaching.


    *Cutting-edge science
Getting ahead in evolution
http://www.scienceinschool.org//2010/issue14/amphioxus
Elia Benito Gutierrez from EMBL talks about how her favourite animal, 
amphioxus,
could be the key to understanding the evolution of vertebrates.

Starch: a structural mystery
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/starch
Dominique Cornuéjols and Serge Pérez explore the intricacies of starch 
structure
- and show that the mystery is by no means solved.

Biodiversity: a look back at 2009
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/biodiversity
Matt Kaplan takes us on a whirlwind tour through the previous year's most
inspiring discoveries of biodiversity.


    *Teaching activities
The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/fuelcell
We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread - but electricity? 
Dean
Madden shows how it works.

Bringing particle physics to life: build your own cloud chamber
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/cloud
Francisco Barradas-Solas and Paloma Alameda-Meléndez demonstrate how to bring
particle physics into the classroom with a homemade particle detector.

Spectrometry at school: hands-on experiments
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/spectrometer
A Slovenian-UK collaboration introduce a selection of spectrometry experiments
for school.


    *Projects in science education
Physics in kindergarten and primary school
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/kindergarten
Werner and Gabriele Stetzenbach show how secondary-school students can 
introduce
the world of physics to kindergarten and primary-school children.

The 'Radon school survey': measuring radioactivity at home
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/radon
Marco Budinich and Massimo Vascotto introduce a school project to measure 
radon
levels in your own home.


    *Science topics
Natural selection at the molecular level
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/evolution
Which genetic sequences are beneficial and how do they help us to survive? 
It's
not easy to demonstrate, as Jarek Bryk reports.

Chemistry and light
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/chemlight
Peter Douglas and Mike Garley investigate how chemistry and light interact in
many aspects of our everyday life.


    *Teacher profile
Juggling careers: science and teaching in Germany
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/gutschank
Jörg Gutschank tells Vienna Leigh how his circus skills inspired him to take 
up
teaching, and how they help in the classroom.


    *Scientist profile
A scientific mind
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/yaseminkoc
Lucy Patterson talks to Yasemin Koc from the British Council about scientific
thinking as a versatile tool for life.


    *Reviews
The Practical Chemistry website
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/practical

Why Evolution is True
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/evotrue


    *Resources on the web
Science comics and cartoons
http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue14/web
Mico Tatalovic suggests some useful comics to help promote and explain 
science to
students.


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Science in School is a European journal to promote inspiring science 
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covers not only biology, physics and chemistry, but also maths and earth
sciences, highlighting the best in teaching and cutting-edge research, and
focusing on interdisciplinary work. The contents include teaching materials,
recent discoveries in science, education projects, interviews with young
scientists and inspiring teachers, book reviews, and European events for 
teachers
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Science in School is freely available. Online articles are published in many
European languages and a print version is distributed in English. Originally
supported by the European Commission, the journal is published and funded by
EIROforum, a collaboration of Europe?s seven largest intergovernmental 
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School teachers are invited to help by:
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To subscribe, learn more about the journal or read any of the articles, see:
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Best regards,

Eleanor Hayes
Editor-in-Chief of Science in School
www.scienceinschool.org

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Dr. Eleanor Hayes
Editor-in-Chief of Science in School
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Meyerhofstrasse 1
69117 Heidelberg
Germany
Tel: +49 6221 387 8699
Fax: +49 6221 387 8525
e-mail: 
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