2 EDITORIAL

4 RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Leslie Barton

7 SCIENCE PUZZLE

8 WHAT GETS THE TURBINE SPINNING? Deirdre Raffan

12 CHILDREN'S REASONING ABOUT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: DEFORESTATION AND GLOBAL
WARMING Joy A. Palmer and Jennifer Suggate

17 SOLAR ENERGY: A JOURNEY FROM THE SUN TO THE EARTH Sarantos Psycharis and Athanasios Daflos

20 UPTHRUST OR AIR RESISTANCE - WHERE ARE THE PARTICLES? Malcolm Parry

23 MAKING POP BOTTLE ROCKETS Graham Lowe

26 PIRATES, CANNONBALLS, SCABS AND VOMIT Helen Barraclough and Becky Bracey

28 THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED OR THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD? Anne Watkinson

30 SCIENCE IN THE SCOTTISH PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM Alan Peacock

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