This article looks at how space can provide a context for the teaching of STEM subjects. It explores how space fits with the new curriculum, and outlines what resources are available for teachers from the National STEM Centre eLibrary. In November 2015, the UK sends its first official astronaut into space, Tim Peake. His mission can provide a…

Presents experiments, demonstrations, activities and ideas relating to various fields of biology to be used in biology courses in secondary schools. Among those experiments presented are demonstrating the early stages of ferns and mosses and simple culture methods for fern prothalli. (HM)

Presents experiments, demonstration, activities and ideas relating to various fields of physics to be used in physics courses in secondary schools. The use of a programable pocket calculator in A-level physics courses is among the activities described. (HM)

This article aims to provide potential authors with some simple guidelines for the presentation of manuscripts for publication in the United Kingdom. An outline of how an educational publisher works and how authors fit into the overall picture are also included. (HM)

Presents the use of quantity calculus in calculations arising in volumetric analysis and in the more general field of chemical stoichiometrics. (HM)

Describes a project in which a British industrial organization, the Boots Company, a family of schools, and the one-year Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) teacher training course at the School of Education at the University of Nottingham cooperated in developing science-focused material in the area of Economic and Industrial…

Describes experiments, demonstrations, activities and ideas relating to various fields of chemistry to be used in chemistry courses of secondary schools. Three experiments concerning differential thermal analysis are among these notes presented. (HM)

Summarizes the approach taken by a project that creates science teaching and learning materials for the Key Stage 3 Science Strategy in special schools. Includes the principles, a multi-sensory approach, the use of imaginative contexts which motivate and engage pupils, the matching of activities to pupils' literacy and numeracy capabilities, and…

Presents seven science experiments and activities for the junior high school level relating to electrostatics, electronics, magnetism, electricity and other areas of science. (HM)

Presents eighteen selected chemistry notes which could be used in school chemistry courses. Each includes the name of the author and a description of activities suggested--a reading list is also presented. (HM)

Presents eight selected middle school science notes which could be used in school science courses. Each includes the name of the author and a description of activities suggested. (HM)

Presents Unit Nine Change and Chance of the Nuffield Advanced Physics, dealing with energy conservation, and a novel statistical approach to diffusion, thermal equilibrium and thermodynamics. Information about energy resources, alternative sources of energy, and energy-cost of materials are also presented. (HM)

Presents six selected biology notes which could be used in school biology courses. Each includes the name of the author and a description of activities suggested. (HM)

Presents fifteen selected physics notes which could be used in school physics courses. Each includes the name of the author and a description of activities suggested. (HM)

Presents five biology notes which could be used in school biology and ecology courses. Each includes the name of the author and a description of activities suggested. (HM)