We recognise the importance of the work technicians do every day, not just supporting teachers and students but supporting and promoting science education, so these articles have been chosen by technicians for technicians. Science Note: Batteries: from excavations to electric vehiclesArticle Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here Chemistry doesn't just happen in test tubesChemistry occurs in and around our homes – from church gargoyles to lightning conductors, from bricks to rubbish bins, and from hair treatments to Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here ReviewsReviews from SSR Issue 372. Article Where next for the curriculum in the sciences?An introduction to the work of the UK's three main professional bodies for science on developing curriculum frameworks. Article Developing a framework for the biology curriculumThe Royal Society of Biology is developing a framework for a coherent 5-19 biology curriculum, aiming to inform curriculum developers and ensure thArticle Towards an ideal chemistry curriculumThe Royal Society of Chemistry is developing a framework for a relevant and coherent chemistry curriculum for all students.Article Guidelines for future physics curriculaThe Institute of Physics is developing a framework that will give school students a rewarding and productive experience of physics and lasting skilArticle Play your part in influencing the science curricula of the futureThe Association for Science Education (ASE) invites its members to reflect on the curriculum framework developments outlined in the three articles Article Teaching chemical concepts with LEGO bricksThere is a wide range of teaching opportunities in the chemistry classroom using traditional LEGO bricks. Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here A very simple fuel cellLearn how to set up a hydrogen fuel cell by extending an activity most schools already do – the electrolysis of ‘water’. Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here What kind of laboratory is a school science laboratory? An ‘inquiry’ sceptic’s viewA school science laboratory is a teaching laboratory where novices are introduced to the workings and technology of science by carrying out prescriArticle Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here Science Notes: Shoots and RootsShoots and roots Sun, 01/01/2017Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here Exploring the public's sensory genotypes and phenotypes through innovative practiceThe genetic diversity contained in a population can be used to engage the audience in an understanding of human genotypes and phenotypes.Sun, 01/01/2017Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here We are all mutantsMutations can cause genetic diseases and the vast majority of these have no effective treatment.Sun, 01/01/2017Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here My favourite demonstration experimentsMany of my really ‘best’ experiments involve a lot of preparation and often specialised apparatus, but for my ‘top ten’ I have chosen experiments tArticle Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here Recording images observed using ripple tanksThe journey to successful photography in the dark. Article Login to see content The following document is not available for your current membership, please sign up here