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School Science Review number 339

Number 339 - December 2010

Contents Article
1 Contents & Editorial

Geoff Auty
Editor, School Science Review
7 You must be a member to download this article Letter

John Warren
Wembley
9 You must be a member to download this article Science notes

A musical result from biology homework
Elena Segalini-Bower

Iron in cereals – let’s take a look at it
Bob Kibble

‘Mineral’ misconceptions – or not?
Chris King

Formal charge and drawing Lewis structures
Wynne Evans

A way to ‘see’ invisible infrared radiation
David Jones

Are harmonious combinations of musical notes specified by terms of the
geometric series for 1/2n?
John Baker

That resonates! A quantitative look at some traditional resonance experiments
Frank Harris

‘Pimping Santa’s ride’: what elves at the North Pole might do with some new
materials
Miriam Chaplin
27 You must be a member to download this article Helpdesk

Readers’ replies
29 The Clubbers’ Guide - The armchair, the kitchen or the club

Bryan Chapman with Geoff Auty
32 You must be a member to download this article SSAT lead practitioners are Getting Practical!

Steve Jones
41 You must be a member to download this article Opinion - Darwin and the quest for reality

Peter Freeland
49 You must be a member to download this article Creative writing and promoting understanding in science: alternative ways to interest students in writing about science

Hakan Akcay, Brian Hand and Lori Norton-Meier
55 You must be a member to download this article Writing news spots about science: a way to promote scientific literacy

Ralf Marks, Juliane Otten and Ingo Eilks
65 You must be a member to download this article Use of Dramatic Enquiry to explore controversies in science

Neil Phillipson and Gordon Poad
75 You must be a member to download this article Meteorology and climate inspire secondary science students

Andrew Charlton-Perez, Helen Dacre, Kathy Maskell,
Ross Reynolds, Rachel South and Curtis Wood
83 You must be a member to download this article Sophie in the snow: a simple approach to datalogging and modelling in physics

Adrian Oldknow, Pip Huyton and Ian Galloway
89 You must be a member to download this article Parental engagement with science

Joanna Bond and Terence Harbinson
101 You must be a member to download this article The impact of recent reforms in the key stage 4 science curriculum

Indira Banner, Jim Donnelly, Matt Homer and Jim Ryder
111 Untangling what teachers mean by the motivational value of practical work

Ian Abrahams and Rachael Sharpe
117 You must be a member to download this article The CREST awards scheme: Challenging gifted and talented students through creative STEM project work

Keith S. Taber and Jodie Cole
129 You must be a member to download this article Book and DVD reviews
141 You must be a member to download this article Science websearch
144 You must be a member to download this article Special Issues