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Active Assessment: Thinking, learning and assessment in science
Everybody seems to be talking about assessment for learning. This book and CD, by Stuart Naylor and Brenda Keogh with Anne Goldsworthy, show you how to do it.

Using a highly creative approach the book explains in detail how assessment, thinking and learning can be integrated in science lessons. More than 30 different assessment techniques are described, with each one illustrated (in A4 photocopiable format) for two different age ranges. Concise teachers' notes for each technique tell you:

• what the approach is
• how you use it for assessment
• how you can manage it in the classroom
• how it helps with learning

Electronic versions of the activities are provided on the accompanying CD, and the colour poster adds further support for science investigation and enquiry. This resource will be invaluable for primary and secondary teachers, student teachers, science co-ordinators and advisers/inspectors.

£40 +VAT inclusive of postage and packing.

To order the book and CD visit: www.millgatehouse.co.uk or contact Millgate House Education Ltd, Millgate House, 30 Mill Hill Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4PN

Tel: 01270 764314
Fax: 05601 156500
E-mail: info@millgatehouse.co.uk
Website:  www.millgatehouse.co.uk/products-publications.htm

Active science (www.activescience-gsk.com)
For pupils aged 5 to 16 and beyond with 13 interactive modules, worksheets, downloads, databases and much more:

• Ages 8-16 (Key Stages 2/3/4) - population growth of rabbits and micro-organisms, competition and predation, energy content of food, mission material, body builder, the heart
• Ages 11-16 (Key Stages 3/4) - periodic table game, materials database, balanced diet, enzymes, the heart, selective breeding/genetic engineering, body builders

Alchemy?
Chemistry and industrial processes for schools and colleges (www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnet/alchemy.htm)
This CD-ROM is built around 15 video clips, each lasting approximately five minutes. The clips cover the following industrial processes in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries: aluminium, ammonia, chemicals from salt, copper refining, gases from the air, iron and steel, nitric acid, nylon, oil refining, polythene, sodium, sulphuric acid, combinatorial chemistry, computational chemistry and making medicines.

Produced by The Royal Society of Chemistry in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.

Animals In Research: Make up your OWN mind
This DVD lets students see how patients benefit from medicines that have come from research using animals. The patients talk about their medical problems and the need for further research to help their conditions.

The DVD is an exciting resource for science teachers to use in How Science Works - applications and implications of science. It can also be used as a focus for debate in Personal, Social and Health Education, Religious Education and English.

The main feature outlines:

• some achievements in medical research
• the need for the use of animals in research
• animal welfare
• the reducation, refinement and replacement of animal testing

Also included are a suggested lesson plan outline, additional activities, topics and resources to use in class, and websites to help add to the ethical debate.

The DVD will be distributed free of charge to all UK secondary schools in the UK and sixth form colleges in May 2007. To order an additional copy, which is also available free of charge, please write to Make Up Your OWN Mind DVD, The Physiological Society, Peer House, Verulam Street, London WC1X 8LZ

Developed by The Physiological Society, Coalition for Medical Progress, Biomedical Research Education Trust and GlaxoSmithKline.

Balance of Life
The Balance of Life pack explores the living machine of the human body and has been developed for use with students aged 11 to 16.  The pack provides information, activities and practical experiments as ready-made lessons to investigate how the body keeps its equilibrium.
The pack contains:

• information cards leading students on a journey of discovery using facts, information, data and illustrations
• activity sheets: a range of practical hands-on activities to stimulate and inform – from simple tests to more complex scientific experiments
• colourful posters: Two large, colour posters demonstrating how exercise affects the body
• teachers’ booklet: curriculum links, notes on activities and ideas for extension work.

Available free of charge.

To order this resource contact Education Distribution Service, Education House, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3RL.
E-mail:  resources@edist.co.uk

Breathing made easy
This comprehensive set of activities supports teaching on breathing and lung structure by looking at the causes and treatment of asthma. The pack, which is aimed at 13 to 14 year olds, includes fascinating facts, role play, data interpretation and practical activities.

£7.50 plus 10 per cent postage and packing.

To order this book contact the Chemical Industry Education Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD.

Tel: 01904 432523
Fax: 01904 434460
E-mail: ciec@york.ac.uk

Produced by the Chemical Industry Education Centre with sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline.

Careers for Scientists in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Two leaflets on career opportunities for scientists in GlaxoSmithKline’s Research and Development (R&D) business.

The leaflet for students aged 14 to 16 (Key Stage 4) highlights career opportunities, qualifications needed, salaries and benefits, and describes the main phases in the discovery and development of a new medicine.  A simple chart shows where students who study a variety of degrees at university would fit into the process.
The leaflet for post-16 students provides more detailed information on what scientists with different degree disciplines actually do within the R&D process from the range of disciplines involved actualleach of the main disciplines covered also includes more detail of what scientists from each of the main disciplines actually does within the R&D process.  Not only does it containing careers information but a wealth of information on Science At Work.

Available free of charge. (Limit of 20 of each leaflet per school).

To order these leaflets contact Education Distribution Service, Education House, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3RL.

E-mail:  resources@edist.co.uk

Centre of the Cell (www.centreofthecell.org)
Science education centre and website for students aged 9 to 16 and post-16 (particularly for revision purposes).

The free website provides engaging and innovative curriculum-linked resources about cell biology, human health and disease with sections on ethics, patients’ journeys and medical research. Centre of the Cell online provides interactive games, downloads, images, videos, and Cellpedia (an illustrated glossary).

When Centre of the Cell education centre opens in London in 2008 it will be the first science education centre in the world to be sited in biomedical research laboratories. The Centre of the Cell pod is dramatically suspended above the laboratories and will contain an amazing range of interactive games, audio visual experiences, body parts and microscopes.

All sessions at Centre of the Cell will be free of charge.

For more information contact Centre of the Cell
Tel: 020 7882 2564
E-mail: info@centreofthecell.org
Website: www.centreofthecell.org

Chemistry Camps
Salters’ Chemistry Camps help young people explore the fun of chemistry and develop a long term interest in chemistry and its applications in modern life.
Students at the camps will:

• experience life in university halls of residence
• meet students from across the UK
• be excited by chemistry
• enjoy fun lectures
• have time to socialise.

There are 10 Chemistry Camps at universities across the UK from June to August with a choice of 3 or 4 day camps.  There are 50 places at each camp for students in Year 10 (England & Wales) / S3 (Scotland) / Year 11 (Northern Ireland). GlaxoSmithKline sponsors some of the camps with a pharmaceutical chemistry theme.

Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received. To secure a place at the Camp of your choice you are advised to apply as early as possible.

£75 plus travel expenses.

For further information contact:
The Camps Administrator, The Salters’ Institute, Salters’ Hall, 4 Fore Street, London EC2Y 5DE 

Tel: 020 7628 5962
E-mail: camps@salters.co.uk
Website: www.chemistrycamps.co.uk

Chemistry for Non-specialists
Only 25 per cent of secondary school science teachers are chemistry specialists.  As a result in many schools most of the chemistry in Key Stage 3 is taught by non-chemists.  This situation is also very common at Kay Stage 4.

This project will train non-specialists in the art and craft of chemistry so that they can deliver it with confidence and flair.  Teachers will experience four days of training spread over two terms with plenty of hands-on practical chemistry.

£120 + VAT

For full information visit:  www.rsc.org/chemnonspec

Chemistry for Non-specialists is available to teachers UK-wide and is developed and managed by the Royal Society of Chemistry.  The project is supported by GlaxoSmithKline.  50% of the £1.3 million project funding has been provided by the Department for Education and Skills.

Concept Cartoons in Science Education: Promoting Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Science
This book, written by Brenda Keogh and Stuart Naylor, provides a rationale for the innovative Concept Cartoon strategy and sets out how the cartoons can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom, with sections on teaching, learning and assessment. It includes 120 Concept Cartoons, which can be photocopied, covering all the major National Curriculum topics, for teachers to use in the classroom with their pupils. The target age range is 7 to 14 (Key Stages 2 and 3), though many of the Concept Cartoons can be used with other age groups.

£40.00 inclusive of postage and packing.

Concept Cartoons Posters: Thinking about science
This set of 20 A3 posters is produced by Brenda Keogh and Stuart Naylor. The posters use the Concept Cartoon strategy and cover a range of science topics. They are especially useful as part of a display or as the starting point for a class discussion. The target age range is 7 to 14 (Key Stages 2 and 3), though many of the Concept Cartoons can be used with other age groups.

£10.00 plus VAT inclusive of postage and packing.

Concept Cartoons in Science Education: CD-ROM
The CD-ROM, for use with data projectors and interactive whiteboards, complements the book Concept Cartoons in Science Education. All Concept Cartoons are in colour and learners can interact with the Concept Cartoons, including writing their own ideas in blank speech bubbles on an interactive whiteboard.

£45.00 plus VAT inclusive of postage and packing.

Site licences also available.

To order the book, posters and CD-ROM visit the website www.millgatehouse.co.uk or contact Millgate House Education Ltd, Millgate House, 30 Mill Hill Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4PN

Tel: 01270 764314
Fax: 05601 156500
E-mail: info@millgatehouse.co.uk

Living Paintings
Living Paintings produces unique touch and sound packs which explain pictures to blind and partially sighted children.   Scinece related titles include images of Weather and Science in Art supporting learning for 7 to 14 year olds (Key Stages 2 and 3).  Living Paintings has a range of educational packs and story books for blind children.

Available free of charge by a postal library service.

For further information contact Living Paintings, Unit 8, Kingsclere Park, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 4SW

Tel/Fax:  01635 299771
E-mail:  lpt@livingpaintings.org
Website:  www.livingpaintings.org

GlaxoSmithKline Periodic Table Wall Chart
Large, durable wall charts (106 x 164 cm / 45 x 69 ins) giving element names, symbols and mass numbers.

Available free of charge.

To order the wall charts contact Education Distribution Service, Education House, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3RL.

E-mail:  resources@edist.co.uk

Schoolscience (www.schoolscience.co.uk)
This free website provides a comprehensive directory of resources, information and contacts for teachers and learners of science everywhere. It includes:

• free and downloadable curriculum resources
• information about educational competitions and awards
• a full contacts directory
• Kitpot – the popular scheme to distribute free equipment, apparatus and publication.

Developed and managed by the Association for Science Education with support from a range of organisations including GlaxoSmithKline, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, British Aerosol Manufacturers Association , British Energy, City & Guilds, Copper Development Association, Corus, ExxonMobil, Institute of Physics, Johnson Matthey, Nirex, Pfizer, Research Councils UK, Royal Horticultural Society at Wisely, Royal Society of Chemistry, Salters’ Institute, scenta, Science Enhancement Programme, Society of General Microbiology, Total and United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association.

Work experience: The learning frameworks
The Work Experience Learning Frameworks is a Department for Education and Skills and industry-supported project managed by the Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick. The Frameworks are designed to be used by 15 to 19 year old students undertaking work experience placements in a variety of work areas. Each leaflet focuses on the learning outcomes from a work placement, suggesting work tasks, work skills and key skills a student could experience on a placement. A guide for teachers and lecturers is also available as well as a guide for employers. All except Hairdressing and Beauty (pre 16 only) are in both Pre and post 16 versions.

Leaflets available: In the Army and In Residential Care Homes, Animal Care, Art and Design, Child Care, Construction and Built Environment, Environmental Conservation, Factories and Workshops, Farming and Agriculture, Financial Services, Floristry, Game Conservation, Garages and Vehicle Maintenance, Hairdressing and Beauty, Healthcare, Horticulture, Hotels, Laboratories, Leisure Centre, Library, Media, Museum, Office, Oral Health Care, Performing Arts, Restaurants and Catering, Retailing, Schools.

£1.00 per unit plus postage and packing, with a minimum order of £20.00. Full set, including teachers' guide, CD ROM and hard copies: £60.00, inclusive of VAT, postage and packing.

To order these resources contact The Publications Officer, Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL.

Tel: 02476 523948

Organisations supporting Frameworks include GlaxoSmithKline, the Boots Company, Exxon Mobil and Sainsbury's.

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