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School Science Review 343 Contemporary topics in school science

Editor Geoff Auty

Issue 343 | Published December 2011

Overview

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Contents

p.1 Contents, Editorial and Letters

p.9 Science Notes

p.17 Helpdesk

p.19 The Clubbers' Guide: Looking forward to 2012 with your STEM/science club

p.25 Theme editorial: Contemporary topics in school science

p.27 Medicines from marine invertebrates

p.31 Pheromone signalling

p.35 Astrobiology: life in extreme environments

p.39 Brain chemistry and behaviour: an update on neuroscience research and its implications for understanding drug addiction

p.49 Determining how atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have changed during the history of the Earth

p.59 Measurement of air pollutants in the troposphere

p.67 The atmospheric detergent and the elusive Criegee biradical

p.73 How can we use carbon dioxide as a solvent?

p.81 Arsenic in drinking water - the silent killer

p.87 Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), some of the immortal molecules in the Earth's atmosphere

p.93 Science teaching methods: a rationale for practices

p.105 University undergraduate projects can enhance sixth-form science teaching

p.109 'Eureka, Eureka!' discoveries in science

p.115 What makes an exemplary teacher of science? The teachers' perspective

p.121 Successful science learning from practical work

p.128 Book and DVD reviews

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