School Science Review 336 Biodiversity

Editor Geoff Auty

Issue 336 | Published March 2010

Overview

The theme articles in this issue of SSR have been chosen to reflect many aspects of biodiversity in 2010.  Biodiversity has ecological, economic, social and political dimensions and our authors reflect this in their writing.

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Contents

p.5 Editorial
p.7 Letters to the Editor
p.9 Science Notes
p.23 Theme editorial: Two cheers for biodiversity
p.27 Biodiversity in word and meaning
p.33 Diversity in biological molecules
p.43 Behind the public face of Kew: education and conservation in the Millennium Seed Bank
p.49 The plight of the honey bee
p.55 Bioluminenscence in the classroom: a novel approach to student learning
p.63 How zoos are meeting the challenges facing biodiversity: Bristol Zoo Gardens as a case study
p.73 Engaging pupils in decision-making about biodiversity conservation issues
p.81 Teaching biodiversity: a successful approach
p.89 Biodiversity in school grounds: auditing, monitoring and managing an action plan
p.99 The Galapagos Islands: Darwin and modern conservation stories
p.107 Happy zapping in the classroom: enhancing teaching and learning with electronic voting systems
p.113 How science could drive curriculum development
p.119 Embedding of ICT in the learning and teaching of physics: what teachers say about the use of computers in physics lessons
p.129 Book reviews
p.144 SSR special issues and advertisers index

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