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Alchemy?
Chemistry and Industrial Processes for Schools and Colleges (www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnet/alchemy.htm)
This resource is built around 15 video clips, each lasting approximately five minutes The clips covers 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.

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 the 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

Key Skills for Scientists
This user-friendly, compact reference guide includes tips and advice for Advanced level science students on how to communicate effectively.

This booklet includes sections on:

• giving a presentation
• preparing a poster
• keeping a laboratory notebook
• writing a report
• information retrieval
• time management.

Available free of charge. (Limit of 10 booklets per school per year).

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

E-mail: resources@edist.co.uk

Paracetamol - A Curriculum Resource
Nearly everyone has used Paracetamol at some time in their lives. Its discovery stems from a mistake made in 1880 when a related compound was shown to reduce fever rather than kill intestinal worms in patients. Paracetamol is now available in many forms and preparations in treatments for colds and fevers.
This book contains a selection of activities developed by Frank Ellis of GlaxoSmithKline and edited by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The activities can be used singly or as a coherent package for project work or as background material for post-16 chemistry and vocational science courses. Students can synthesise paracetamol, isolate it from tablets, analyse for its presence in medicines and develop ideas about dosage and formulations.

Copies of the resource were distributed free of charge to all secondary schools with a sixth form and all 16 to 19 institutions.

£5 plus postage and packing.

To order this resource contact RSC Sales and Customer Care Department, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF.

Tel: 01223 432360
E-mail: sales@rsc.org.

Resource produced by The Royal Society of Chemistry in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.

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.

The Science Behind Medicines
This CD-ROM for post-16 teachers and their students provides a guide to the development of medicines for the treatment of viral and bacterial infections and asthma. The CD-ROM provides teachers with a source of contemporary examples to support theoretical science, and enrich chemistry and biology teaching. Additional features include a section on drawing chemical structures, curriculum links, a thorough glossary and informative illustrations.

Available free of charge.

To order the CD-ROM contact Education Distribution Service, Education House, Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3RL.

E-mail:  resources@edist.co.uk

Spectroscopy for Schools and Colleges
(www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/spec-cd.htm)
This resource was produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry for post-16 chemistry students and teachers.  It supports the spectroscopy material in AS/A2 level specifications and covers infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and proton nuclear magnetic resonance.  The resource contains a number of features including the ability to:

• browse a database of spectra and selected properties of 26 compounds viewing them either as raw spectra or with key peaks annotated
• copy and paste spectra into other applications
• •  work in problem solving mode to identify unknown compounds from their spectra
• see tutorials that show animations of the processes that lead to important peaks in the spectra
• view video clips with accompanying commentary showing how spectra are run.

Tablet-coating: Not Just A Pretty Colour
This resource, which is part of the Chemicals for Healthy Life series, provides information and activities for post-16 science courses. Students use microbiological, infrared spectroscopic and titrimetric techniques to carry out investigations which reflect the work of people who develop and monitor the quality of coatings on medicinal tablets. It is particularly suitable for Advanced vocational post-16 courses.

£10.00 plus 10 per cent postage and packing.

To order the above resource 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.

Which Compound? Which Route?
(www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/which_cmpd.htm)
This role-play exercise leads students through the decision-making process in a pharmaceutical company.  The students play research scientists who need to choose which new target compound to make, and decide on the best method of synthesis.

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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