7 Editorial

8 Opinion: Animal experimentation and science education

11 Letters

15 Science notes

15 Teaching science to large classes in South Africa Sally Johnson, Martin Monk, Tommy Botha and Merle Hodge

22 Teaching biology on a low budget in Tanzania - cell structure and organisation Grace Mbulanya and Gabriel Mbulanya

26 Muscular mops and spinning jellies - the resourceful physics teacher
Keith Gibb

31 Editorial: International perspectives on science education

33 Exploring science locally and sharing insights globally
Marianne Cutler
Science Across the World offers students in thousands of primary and secondary schools all over the world the
opportunity to exchange information, opinions and ideas on a variety of science topic

43 Do you ask a hungry man if he wants food?
Caroline Ash and Peter Severs
Developing science curriculum links with African schools has benefits for UK schools too

49 Making sense of science through two languages: a South African case study
Margie Proby
How one teacher deals with the requirement to teach science in a language that is not the day-to-day language of the
majority of the learners

63 Falinge Park High School - raising the achievement of EAL learners in science
Heather Weatherhead, Linda Sandler and Pat Taylo
Close work between English as an additional language (EAL) teachers and science teachers has proved successful at raising standards in a challenging environment

71 The status of science education in Commonwealth Africa
Ben B. Akpa
Struggling economies, gender inequalities and HIV/AIDS mean real and complex problems for those trying to teach and learn science

83 The rebuilding of Kamabai Secondary School
Musa Lansana Sesay
Eleven years of civil war destroyed the economic infrastructur of Sierra Leone. This is the story of how one school, left with damaged buildings and few material resources, is trying to provide a science education for its pupils.

87 Development education and science education
Douglas Bourn
What are the challenges for science education arising from globalisation and the need to equip young people to be responsible and active citizens in the global society?

93 Teachers' conceptions of the nature of science: a comparative study from Pakistan and England
Nelofer Halai and Jane McNicholl
What do science teachers from two continents understand about the nature of science and what are the implications for science teacher educators?

101 Primary Science Review 2003-4: Bridging the gap
Dewi Roberts and Mark Thomas
A review of recent issues of Primary Science Review to inform secondary
Colleagues

107 Students' questions: fostering a culture of inquisitiveness in science classrooms
Christine Chin
Students' questions are powerful thinking tools: they encourage meaningful learning and provide useful feedback for the teacher about students' understanding

113 Astronomy-related content and robotic telescopes in upper secondary physics courses
Richard Beare
There is much astronomy-related content in physics curricula and it provides a great opportunity to make physics appealing to students

121 Storytelling in science
Stephen Rowcliffe
Storytelling is an important part of science teaching, and should not be overlooked by any practitioner

127 Reviews

139 Notes and news

141 Science websearch

143 Notes to contributors

144 Special issues list

144 Index to advertisers