School Science Review 366 Public understanding of science

Editor Geoff Auty

Issue 366 | Published September 2017

Overview

September 2017 (Issue 366) This issue pulls together articles focusing on Public understanding of science. Covering everything from fake science, popular science to how to teach students complex concepts.

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Contents

p.7 Investigating possibilities of energy supply from a tidal lagoon at Swansea Bay
p.17 Taking STEM through the looking glass
p.25 Smells like teen shampoo
p.29 Bulletproof ice: how to teach materials science using Pykrete
p.31 Girls inspiring girls doing A-level physics
p.35 The ASE Scotland Annual Conference 2017
p.37 Be a road crash investigator: the physics of road safety
p.39 Your students as published scientists?
p.43 Theme editorial: Public Understanding of Science
p.45 We are all mutants
p.51 Prions: protein rebels with a cause!
p.57 Public participation in insect research through the use of pheromones
p.62 An overview of some natural products with two A-level science club natural products experiments
p.73 Popular science writing can be murder
p.76 Demonstrating the study of the science of asthma management and formulation design in pharmacy to year 7, 8 and 12 students
p.85 Using simulation to facilitate understanding of medicines
p.87 Mini-lectures: a taster to engage the audience for the main event
p.91 Soapbox Science: promoting women in STEM
p.96 The village election
p.102 Strange but true: the physics of glass, gels and jellies is all related through rheology
p.114 Teaching particle physics in secondary schools: why do physicists want to smash matter to bits?
p.121 Scientific U-turns: eight occasions when science changed its mind

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