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I am pleased to inform you that the ninth issue of Science in School is now available to read and download at 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.

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Contents

Editorial

• Welcome to the ninth issue of Science in School
  “Before I start, I’d like to mention two things: half of what I’m telling you will be wrong; and I don’t even know which half.” This introduction by renowned molecular biologist Ueli Schibler to his students illustrates a discomforting aspect of science....
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Events

• Forthcoming events
  Read (frequently updated) | PDF [132 KB]

Feature article

• Interview with Steve Jones: the threat of creationism
  Steve Jones talks to Vienna Leigh about the startling re-emergence of creationism in Europe, how teachers can help, and why he will never argue with a creationist.
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Cutting-edge science

• What killed the woolly mammoth?
  Climate change is nothing new. Caitlin Sedwick describes how a computer model is helping scientists to explain the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
  Read | PDF [236 KB]

Teaching activities

• Detecting sugar: an everyday problem when facing diabetes
  Fred Engelbrecht and Thomas Wendt from the ExploHeidelberg Teaching Lab describe some experiments on sugar detection to demonstrate the problems that people with diabetes face every day.
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• Climate change modelling in the classroom
  Why not get your students to make their own predictions of climate change – with the help of Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison from Bristol University, UK?
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• Meet the Gene Machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school
  Laura Strieth, Karen Bultitude, Frank Burnet and Clare Wilkinson use drama and debate to encourage young people to discuss genetics and what it means for us all. Why not join in?
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• Investigating the action of urease
  Anna Lorenc from the Volvox project explains the importance of the enzyme urease and presents a protocol to demonstrate urease activity in the classroom.
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Projects in science education

• Fun physics in school: students perform for students
  Herbi Dreiner and Tobias Strehlau describe how a university physics show inspired a secondary-school teacher and his students to perform their own school physics show. Why not try it in your school?
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• Is there anybody out there? An ark of life
  An enormous meteorite impact and then a rocky flight from Mars. Is that how life appeared on Earth? Cornelia Meyer takes us on a space trip through the lithopanspermia theory and describes how she is putting it to the test with the help of student colleagues.
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Science topics

• Materials science to the rescue: easily removable chewing gum
  Halina Stanley investigates the history of chewing gum, how the chemistry of the gum affects its properties, and how scientists are using this knowledge to make chewing gum less of a pollutant.
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• The International Space Station: a foothold in space
  In the first of two articles, Shamim Hartevelt-Velani and Carl Walker from the European Space Agency take us on a trip to the International Space Station.
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Scientist profile

• Cornelius Gross: from the classroom to the laboratory
  The majority of young scientists working in research have only ever been that – scientists. But Vienna Leigh reports how one scientist started his career at the front of a classroom – and feels that his science benefits as a result.
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Teacher profile

• Curiosity killed the cat – or did it?
  Frode Skjold tells Sai Pathmanathan about some of his favourite activities to teach science in primary school.
  Read | PDF [244 KB]

Reviews

• An Inconvenient Truth
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• Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science
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• Can You Feel the Force? Putting the Fizz Back into Physics
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• Volcano Island
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Eleanor Hayes
Editor of Science in School
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