Planning a discussion about biofuels? The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has a set of teaching resources you can use if you are getting your students to explore the topic. They have actually split the material up into 2 lessons’ worth: one where your students familiarise themselves with various forms of biofuel, and the second which [...]
Have you ever wondered how DNA evidence is used to solve crimes? What is the National DNA Database? And why should it matter to us anyway? Explore these questions and more in our new show ‘The Great DNA Debate’, all about genetic information, how it can be used, and who should have access to it. This interactive [...]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Talk Science team with lots of exciting stuff happening. We have been on a mini UK tour working with the Museums Libraries and Archives council delivering our training course with Science ITT students and museum educators. New resources coming soon…. We have been filming with the Science [...]
The world’s biggest atom smasher is back on track. The Large Hadron Collider was switched on this week and the last time we checked on their Twitter account it was all going well. The scientists will continue in their work to unravel our understanding of how the universe came into exisitence. The project has been beset by [...]
Could a single drop of your saliva tell you if you are prone to genetically inherited diseases? Well this could soon be a reality according to scientists at Edinburgh University. They are developing a quick and cheap swab test to analyse your DNA. the Results could tell you if you were healthly, likely to develop a disease or diagonse conditions [...]
A trip on a Virgin Galactic sub orbital space flight next year will set you back at least $200,000 …..we can all dream! But will these trips ever be affordable and should public money be used to fund them? A report published this week recommends that Britain invests more money in the space industry in [...]
‘Would you wear second hand pants to save the Earth?’ How do you get your students interested in discussing a topic? Well one simple technique to hook them is to ask a powerful question. The Talk Science team have devised an easy way to come up with great questions that link what your students are interested [...]
Happy New Year! Is your New year’s resolution to brush up your classroom discussion running skills? If so help is at hand! The Talk Science team will be running their teacher training course at venues across the UK in 2010. We will be sharing our top tips on getting your students talking about hot science [...]
The Science Museum learning team will be at the ASE conference in Nottingham on the 7th, 8th and 9th january 2010. We are delivering a number of sessions including a taster session of the Talk Science training course, and our classroom activity News+Views which lets students create Museum style displays on a contemporary science topic. [...]
Top tip: Engage your students by making your discussions topical It could be the Copenhagen conference or the Large Hadron Colider – take advantage of whatever’s happening in the news to get your students talking. On a Christmassy theme here’s a great idea generated by teachers in Newcastle on a recent Talk Science course. Santa’s Den Using [...]
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