Science in School

Science in School is a European journal to promote inspiring science teaching. It covers not only biology, physics and chemistry, but also earth sciences, engineering and medicine. The contents include news about the latest scientific discoveries, current science topics, teaching materials, projects in science education, interviews with inspiring teachers and scientists, reviews of books, films and websites, European events for teachers and schools, and many other useful resources for science teachers.

Science in Schoolis freely available. Online articles are published in many European languages and an English-language print version is distributed across Europe. Originally supported by the European Commission, the journal is published and funded by EIROforum, a partnership between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental research organisations (http://www.eiroforum.org).

European school teachers are invited to help by:

• Submitting articles for publication
• Joining the referee panel and helping to decide which articles to publish
• Reviewing books and other resources for teachers
• Translating articles into their own language.

The twenty-first issue ofScience in Schoolis now available to read and download online (http://www.scienceinschool.org/current).

In this issue, discover the secret of the speedy ostrich, take a trip back in time with Julius Caesar's favourite perfume, and monitor the effects of your New Year fireworks. See thecontents, below.

Getting involved

We welcome the involvement of our readers. For example, you might like to:

• Join the referee panel and help us choose which articles to publish (we particularly need moreprimary-school referees)
• Translate articles into your native (European) language
• Review books or other resources for teachers
• Tell other teachers aboutScience in School(see below)
• Submit your own articles.

If you are interested, please consult our website (http://www.scienceinschool.org/information) and then email us ([email protected]).

Contents

Editorial

• Welcome to the twenty-first issue ofScience in School(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/editorial)

News from the EIROs

• Trapped by scientists: antimatter, cholesterol and red blood cells(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/eiroforum)

Events

• Forthcoming events(http://www.scienceinschool.org/events)

• Science teaching in space: the ESA teachers workshop(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/esa)

• Science: on stage and in action(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/sons)

Feature article

• How I killed Pluto: Mike Brown(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/pluto)

Cutting-edge science

• Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/ostrich)

• Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/cscs)

Teaching activities

• The physics of crowds(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/crowding)

• Polymers in medicine(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/polymers)

Projects in science education

• Bioremediation in the classroom(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/azolla)

• Smell like Julius Caesar: recreating ancient perfumes in the laboratory(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/caesar)

• Smoke is in the air: how fireworks affect air quality(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/fireworks)

Science topics

• Just the placebo effect?(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/placebo)

• More than meets the eye: unravelling the cosmos at the highest energies(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/em)

Teacher profile

• A science teacher on air(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/martucci)

Reviews

• The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/astronauts)

• Who Cloned my Cat? Fun Adventures in Biotechnology(http://www.scienceinschool.org/2011/issue21/cat)