Communication Skills

Materials

Hazard SymbolsWeb link
Lesson plan, questions, worksheet and a suggested project from Schoolsnet.com about hazards and safety in the science laboratory.
IOP: Sim Physics: Keeping Warm, Renewable Energy and Deep Impact GamesWeb link
Interactive games to keep a family warm, investigate renewable energy or assess the threat of impact on earth of objects in space with teachers' notes. From the Institute of Physics.
IOP: Conservation of EnergyWeb link
The Institute of Physics offers discussion of energy conservation shown through calculation examples and Sankey diagrams.
IOP: Nuclear StabilityWeb link
How to identify nuclear stability in atoms, including how to plot the N-Z graph to detect stable isotopes. The Institute of Physics.

Chemical misconceptions - prevention, diagnosis and cure Volume 1: Theoretical Background External Publication
This resource, the first of two volumes, includes information about some of the key misconceptions that have been uncovered by research, and ideas about a variety of teaching approaches that may help ...
Molecules at an exhibition External Publication
This very readable popular science book is a good source of interesting chemical and historical facts about the chemicals which are relevant to everyday life. Definitely one for the teacher, this b...
Chemical misconceptions - prevention, diagnosis and cure Volume 2: Classroom resources External Publication
This is the second resource of two volumes, and includes activities for identifying student misconceptions, for challenging their alternative ideas, and helping them to construct the chemical concepts...

Hazard SymbolsWeb link
Lesson plan, questions, worksheet and a suggested project from Schoolsnet.com about hazards and safety in the science laboratory.

Null Hypothesis, the Journal of Unlikely ScienceWeb link
If you’re looking for an alternative view on science, something that’s a bit different, then you could try Null Hypothesis, the Journal of Unlikely Science. Publishing regular articles about all aspec...
Molecules at an exhibition External Publication
This very readable popular science book is a good source of interesting chemical and historical facts about the chemicals which are relevant to everyday life. Definitely one for the teacher, this b...
Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everythingWeb link
A Short History of Nearly Everything (ISBN 0-7679-0817-1) is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language

Developing scientific literacy: using media in the classroom External Publication
This book is well laid out in an attractive and readable format. It contains many examples and activities that can be used in a classroom to introduce pupils to scientific news stories and enable disc...

Chemical misconceptions - prevention, diagnosis and cure Volume 1: Theoretical Background External Publication
This resource, the first of two volumes, includes information about some of the key misconceptions that have been uncovered by research, and ideas about a variety of teaching approaches that may help ...
WELCOME TO THE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION GROUP WEBSITEWeb link
Here you will find basic information about what we do and who we are. Essentially we are interested in all aspects of science communication.
Sci Metric-MattersWeb link
More than a dictionary of SI units. This guide helps teachers and students use SI units correctly
Developing scientific literacy: using media in the classroom External Publication
This book is well laid out in an attractive and readable format. It contains many examples and activities that can be used in a classroom to introduce pupils to scientific news stories and enable disc...

Whose land is it anyway? Web link
After watching a clip from the DVD 'Baked Alaska', students debate the social, economic and environmental issues about drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska. The plenary s...
Giant Leaps External Publication
This book covers a series of great inventions, for each there is a front page from The Sun and an information page written by the Science Museum. Topics include X-Rays, Marie Curie, Splitting the Atom...
Chemical misconceptions - prevention, diagnosis and cure Volume 2: Classroom resources External Publication
This is the second resource of two volumes, and includes activities for identifying student misconceptions, for challenging their alternative ideas, and helping them to construct the chemical concepts...
Sci Metric-MattersWeb link
More than a dictionary of SI units. This guide helps teachers and students use SI units correctly
CSFsoftware Word Search CreatorWeb link
Free downloadable software. This program allows you to easily create word search documents. Enter words, size, pattern and a title. Generate the Word search and export to MS Word.

Hazard SymbolsWeb link
Lesson plan, questions, worksheet and a suggested project from Schoolsnet.com about hazards and safety in the science laboratory.
IOP: Sim Physics: Keeping Warm, Renewable Energy and Deep Impact GamesWeb link
Interactive games to keep a family warm, investigate renewable energy or assess the threat of impact on earth of objects in space with teachers' notes. From the Institute of Physics.

Giant Leaps External Publication
This book covers a series of great inventions, for each there is a front page from The Sun and an information page written by the Science Museum. Topics include X-Rays, Marie Curie, Splitting the Atom...