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Inspiring a generation through the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Issue: December 2012 347

Author: Alexandria Potter

Extract: The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site provides excellent opportunities for accessible outdoor education at all levels across the curriculum, enhanced by public awareness of the area during the Olympic sailing events.

Box Rock Circus: Earth science out of doors

Issue: December 2012 347

Author: Elizabeth Devon

Extract: A circle of stones built as an educational and recreational resource for a village and surrounding areas.

The challenge of developing innovative science teachers with ICT

Issue: December 2012 347

Author: Laurence Rogers and John Twidle

Extract: To realise the potential learning benefits of activities with ICT tools requires understanding and skill; a recently completed European project has devised training materials to help teachers achieve these.

Leadership and modelling exemplary practice: a re-imagined role for the head of department

Issue: December 2012 347

Author: Wayne Melville, Todd Campbell and Anthony Bartley

Extract: Science departments are more than convenient organisational units – they are also communities; an understanding of this dichotomy opens opportunities for heads to lead the professional learning of their departments.

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