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Editorial Events Feature article: Tamara Davis Cutting-edge science Teaching activities Projects in science education Science topics Scientist profile Teacher profile Reviews

Editorial

• Welcome to the tenth issue of Science in School
  “Intelligence is of secondary importance in research.” So says our featured scientist, cosmologist Tamara Davis. For her, interest and inspiration are far more important for success in science....
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Events

• Forthcoming events
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• Science on Stage: recent activities
  Many of the national Science on Stage organisations are becoming increasingly well established, setting up a wide variety of inspirational activities. Eleanor Hayes reports on some of the recent ones.
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Feature article: Tamara Davis

• "Intelligence is of secondary importance in research"
  Tamara Davis talks to Henri Boffin about dark matter, astronomical research in the Chilean Andes and her commitment to sports - ultimate frisbee in particular.
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Cutting-edge science

• Sentinels: meerkat superheroes
  Mico Tatalovic investigates the private life of meerkats.
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• The LHC: a step closer to the Big Bang
  Rolf Landua and Marlene Rau find out how the world's largest particle accelerator can help solve the big unresolved questions of particle physics.
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• The LHC: a look inside
  Rolf Landua takes us underground to visit the largest scientific endeavour on Earth.
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Teaching activities

• Practical demonstrations to augment climate change lessons
  Need inspiration for teaching climate change in chemistry lessons? Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison offer some experiments.
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• Better milk for cats: immobilised lactase used to make lactose-reduced milk
  Dean Madden suggests an experiment to make lactose-free milk.
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• Planting ideas: climate-change activities for primary school
  Why not get primary school pupils to understand and discuss climate change – with the help of Sue Johnson and the Plant Scientists Investigate project?
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• Science for the Next Generation: activities for primary school
  Wayne A Mitchell, Debonair Sherman, Andrea Choppy and Rachel L Gomes from the Next Generation project describe some of their science activities for primary-school children.
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Projects in science education

• Nanotechnology in school
  Matthias Mallmann explains what nanotechnology really is, and offers two nano-experiments for the classroom.
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Science topics

• The International Space Station: life in space
  Shamim Hartevelt-Velani, Carl Walker and Benny Elmann-Larsen from the European Space Agency investigate the daily life of astronauts on board the ISS.
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Scientist profile

• The winding road to science journalism
  What to do if you enjoy science but don't want to be a research scientist? Nadia Salem tells Marlene Rau about the joys of being a science journalist.
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Teacher profile

• Teaching in Sweden: tackling creationism, making waves
  Biology teacher Per Kornhall talks to Sai Pathmanathan and Marlene Rau about fighting intelligent design in the science classroom and about his award-winning physics project.
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Reviews

• Ecology: media presentation CD-ROM
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• Water - Humanity's Project: media collection for the classroom
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