Models of scientific understanding are examined, leading to the claim that knowledge acquisition is a necessary but insufficient condition for succ
How teachers can use opportunities in science to teach students about health and safety in everyday life as well as how to do practical work safely
A short article based on an extract from Topics in Safety, Topic 17 (Electricity), which is freely available to Association for Science Education (
These days, there are a huge number of ideas for practical science on the Internet.
Experimental and investigative work has been an integral element in the teaching of science in schools for many years.
The 4th edition of the ASE bestseller, Be safe!, was launched at the Annual Conference at Reading University in January.
Alan Haigh discusses why we need to teach children to think and how best to do it.
Alan explores the ideas that began to shape Darwin's theories as he sailed up the west coast of South America on his way to the Galapagos Isla