School Science Review 337

Editor Geoff Auty

Issue 337 | Published June 2010

Overview

This issue contains a variety of articles covering topics including effective practical science, Darwin and evolution, physics for future citizens and teaching secondary school science through drama.

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Contents

p.7 Letters to the Editor
p.9 Science Notes: encouraging trainee teachers to write for a professional audience (open access)
p.12 Science Note: Marking strategies – an approach to introducing secondary school pupils to assessment for learning
p.16 Science Note: Evaluating practical work using de Bono's 'Thinking Hats'
p.19 Science Note: Protein structure – making the abstract more concrete
p.21 Science Note: Involving the soap industry in science lessons
p.24 Science Note: Open sesame – the door to a cornucopia of delights
p.28 Science Note: 'Salty' – a chemistry research project into ionic liquids
p.32 Helpdesk (open access)
p.33 The Clubbers' Guide
p.36 Improving Practical Work in Science
p.37 Effective practical science
p.41 The Presidential Address 2010: The quest for excellence – making a link between Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Spike Milligan, little Sophie and Sam
p.51 Enthusiasm, relevance and creativity: could these teaching qualities stop us alienating pupils from science?
p.59 Less interested after lessons? Report on a small-scale research study into 12-13 year-old students' attitudes to earth science
p.67 Increasing participation in science beyond GCSE: the impact of 'Twenty First Century Science'
p.75 Darwin and evolution: a set of activities based on the evolution of mammals
p.87 Teaching 'How science works' by making and sharing videos (open access)
p.93 On dragons and turkeys: physics for future citizens
p.99 Brain biology and learning
p.109 Teaching secondary school science through drama
p.115 The tropical rainforest: a valuable natural history resource for students in Singapore
p.140 Index to Volume 91 (open access)

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