For this and older Bulletins we are not linking to individual articles – we are still, however, giving page numbers and brief descriptions.
P1 CPD Grant Awards
Grants to support CPD – what are our plans?
P2 Online discussion forum for technicians
The launch of an online discussion forum for school and college technicians
Blades biological and Carolina; NGN vacuum pumps
P6 Science investigations with a PVA polymer
An introduction to investigations that can be carried out with PVA slime.
P8 Spark discharge apparatus
A review of the Harris Spark Discharge Apparatus.
P9 News
MiSAC Matters: Salters’ Biology Launch; HMIe’s ‘Improving Achievement’ reportNational Science Learning Centre
P10 Fuel cell car and experiment kit
A review of the Thakes & Kosmos fuel cell powered car kit.
P11 – 12
Summer schools: a guide to the upcoming Biology, Chemistry and Physics summer schools.
Health and Safety
P3 A safer Biuret reagent
A modified version of the classic test that is much safer to use.
P3-5 Radiation News
Legal requirement for an RPA and how SSERC can help; stock checks; lost sources
School rebuilding/closure; receiving hospitals; sources from Pasco
Disposals
P5 Data projectors and whiteboards
Are these devices a risk to eyesight?
For this and older Bulletins we are not linking to individual articles – we are still, however, giving page numbers and brief descriptions.
P1-4 Life begins?
SSERC’s 40th birthday.
P4 Contacts
Contacts at SSERC and other CPD projects.
P5 Annual conference and AGM
Programme and application form
P6 Support materials for teachers and technicians
SafetyNet CD coming soon; ISE Exemplar materials CD; Formative Assessment in Science CD; TSEC Strategies for Teachers of 5-14 Science
P8-9 Thionin – Light & Chemical Energy Demonstration
A good demonstration of a light-sensitive solution.
p10-12 Cabomba – A good alternative to Elodea
A new water plant that offers a more reliable subject for photosynthesis investigations.
Health and Safety
P6 Support materials for teachers and technicians
SafetyNet CD coming soon; ISE Exemplar materials CD; Formative Assessment in Science CD; TSEC Strategies for Teachers of 5-14 Science
P7-8 Radioactive news
More lost sources; IRR review; Radioactivity safety files; No more NRPB; Disposal
