7 - Editorial

9 - Notes and news

14 - Science Year and the ASE

18 - Letters

21 - The role of science teachers in the drive for scientific literacy Lord Jenkin of Roding
The Presidential Address delivered at the ASE Annual Meeting, University of Liverpool, January 2002

27 - Reducing carbon dioxide emissions: using the mole concept Alan Myers
At key stage 4, Government websites yield data for the investigation of the Kyoto Protocol and UK carbon dioxide emissions - and the family car

35 - Science for Public Understanding: a different way to teach and learn science Robin Millar and Andrew Hunt
AS-level 'Science for Public Understanding' aims to consolidate post-16 students' understanding of science, by focusing learning on issues that students will meet and have to deal with as citizens

43 - Teachers' views on the future of the secondary science curriculum John Leach
There has been much debate about the future of the science curriculum, 'science for all' and scientific literacy. What do secondary science teachers think?

51 - Science teaching and literacy, part 2: Reading Russ Heselden and Rebecca Staples
The second of three articles on bringing the key stage 3 literacy strategy into science teaching

63 - Teaching through explanatory stories: 'The dynamic Earth's crust' Chris King
The rock cycle is presented as an 'explanatory Earth story' together with a wide range of strategies and activities for teaching it effectively

73 - Electric circuits: a new approach - part 2 David Shipstone and Peter C-H. Cheng
Use of AVOW diagrams to represent electric circuits was explained in part 1.
This article shows how they can be used to explore complex circuits and to 'reveal students' learning problems.

83 - Practical work in school science: the dominance of assessment Leslie S. Keiler and Brian E. Woolnough
Pupils provide many reasons for their choices while doing practical work in science. Those related to assessment have profound implications.

89 - Inside the AS biology classroom Wilhelmina Van Rooy
Experienced A-level biology teachers give their views on the new curriculum

97 - Adaptation - a question of definitions? Sarah Ashelford
The term adaptation has various meanings in biology and it is important that we are aware of these in our teaching. Some published materials confuse rather than clarify.

103 - Science notes

• Looking at cells: alternatives to onion cells Mark Martin
• Diffusion in a gel Charles Hill
• Using a spreadsheet to explore melting, dissolving and phase diagrams Alan Goodwin
• The search for an infinite force Geoff Auty

114 - Reviews

126 - Science websearch

128 - Brief notes for contributors

128 - Index to advertisers