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The Science Behind Medicines CD-ROM is a teaching resource produced by GlaxoSmithKline and aimed at biology and chemistry teachers of post-16 students. It has sections on drug discovery, structural formulae, bacterial infections, asthma and viral infections.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Power, Sex, Suicide: three words that immediately aroused my interest in reading this book. The subtitle, Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life, explains what the book is about – the crucial role of mitochondria in our lives.
Ages: 16-19;
Films about science or even pseudo-science can be powerful tools in the classroom. Heinz Oberhummer from the Cinema and Science project provides a toolkit for using the video-clip collection of the European Space Agency.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Silvia Boi, a science teacher from Italy, explains how her fascination with science led her to study ant behaviour, worm reproduction and the human genome – and how she now tries to awaken that fascination in her pupils, using somewhat unusual techniques.
Ages: not applicable;
Detlev Arendt, a molecular biologist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, describes to Russ Hodge how his cutting-edge research is following in the footsteps of a 19th-century scientist.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Sibylle Moebius introduces a project, GRID, to identify and promote innovative science education in Europe.
Ages: not applicable;
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The Science Behind Medicines
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Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life, By Nick Lane
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Video-clip collection of the European Space Agency
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A zoologist at school: my pupils and other animals
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A search for the origins of the brain
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GRID: a European network of good practice in science teaching
Topics: Profiles, Resources
