Dear Science in School subscribers,

I am pleased to inform you that the twelfth 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

By popular request, we have extended the deadline for our science-writing competition for students. The deadline is now 15 October, and entries are welcomed from students at secondary schools anywhere in Europe. They will be judged in two categories, according to the author's age on the date of submission: 11-15 year-olds, and 16 and over. Find out more online.

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 over 25 languages. If you would like more articles online in your native language, you might like to either translate some yourself, or encourage others to help. Translation guidelines are available online.

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Contents

Editorial

• Welcome to the twelfth issue of Science in School
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Events

• Forthcoming events
  Read (frequently updated) | PDF [564 KB]


• Science on Stage: recent international events
  Sonia Furtado and Marlene Rau report on the news from the national Science on Stage representatives.
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Feature article: Leroy Hood

• New approaches to old systems: interview with Leroy Hood
  Leroy Hood, the father of systems biology, talks about his long-standing commitment to innovative science teaching and more.
  Read (English, French) | PDF [348 KB]

Cutting-edge science

• Painting life green: GFP
  From jellyfish to arsenic detectors via a Nobel Prize: Sonia Furtado reports on the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein.
  Read (English, German, Italian) | PDF [316 KB]


• Plasma balls: creating the 4th state of matter with microwaves
  Halina Stanley describes how two Israeli scientists investigated plasma balls and in the process found a potentially useful way to create nanoparticles.
  Read (English, French) | PDF [300 KB]

Teaching activities

• Microwave experiments at school
  Halina Stanley introduces a number of spectacular experiments using microwaves.
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• Looking to the heavens: climate change experiments
  Dudley Shallcross, Tim Harrison, Steve Henshaw and Linda Sellou offer experiments harnessing the Sun's energy and measure carbon dioxide levels.
  Read | PDF [268 KB]


• Physics: a black box?
  Ľudmila Onderová from PJ Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia, introduces us to the use of black boxes in the physics classroom.
  Read (English, Italian) | PDF [180 KB]


• Fishing for genes: DNA microarrays in the classroom
  Anastasios Koutsos, Alexandra Manaia, and Julia Willingale-Theune bring a sophisticated molecular biology technique into the classroom.
  Read (English, German) | PDF [284 KB]

Projects in science education

• A classroom in space
  Lucy Patterson spoke to Greek science teacher Theodoros Pierratos, winner of ESA's competition to take a classroom experiment into space.
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• Radioactivity in the classroom
  The Portuguese 'Environmental radiation' project gets students actively and enthusiastically involved in science. Luis Peralta and Carmen Oliveira report.
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Science topics

• Hydrocarbons: a fossil but not (yet) extinct
  Continuing our energy series, Menno van Dijk introduces us to the past, present and future of hydrocarbons - still the most common of all fuels.
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Scientist profile

• The science of preserving art
  Head Conservator Katy Lithgow from the National Trust explains how arts and science can be inextricably linked.
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Teacher profile

• Teaching on the move
  Jeanne Keweloh tells Sonia Furtado about the ups and downs of life as a substitute teacher, sharing her passion for science wherever she's needed.
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Back in the staffroom

• The Beagle
  Emmanuel Reynaud revisits the story of the vessel aboard which the foundations for Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species were laid.
  Read (English, Serbian, Spanish) | PDF [1.3 MB]

Reviews

• Whynotchemeng.com website
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• Gene ABC website
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Science in School is a European journal to promote inspiring science teaching. It 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.

Science in School is freely available. Online articles are published in many European languages and a print version is distributed in English.

European school teachers are invited to help by:

• Submitting articles for publication
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• Translating articles into their own language.

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Best regards,

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