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What's good - shortlist for science teaching - 2006
1) Sunflower Learning - makes you think
2) Immersive Education - cutting edge models
3) Advanced Chemistry Tools - Roger Frost's own software
What's suspect - dufflist for science teaching - 2006
1) Caspian Learning - time wasting
Articles
Fable's Physics Online – review
Science software - Update 2006 (TES January 2006)
Science software - Update 2005 (TES January 2005)
Science Software for schools Thumbnail assessments of what to buy (January 2003, still current 2004)
Science software - Update 2004 (TES January 2004)
Science software - Update - 2003 (TES January 2003)
Archive articles
Best of Science Year - ideas and what's in store for 2003
Visit www.scienceyear.com (also www.planet-science.com) for free software such as Planet 10's orrery; See also www.sycd.co.uk for online versions of 5 free CD-ROMs that ASE sent to Schools.
Why IT? - how IT helps science education (1994)
Good practice - one teacher's approach (2000)
Portable computers in class - articles on the power of the portable
Inventing Tomorrow - technology is also about solving problems and relevance (2001)
Fast forward to the future in Science Year - including ICT ideas for Science Year (2002)
Resources for Science (2000) including Fable's Force and Motion)
Good value resources for primary and secondary science
Using ICT in Science - some favourite resources
Software for science (2000)
Science Software (2000)
Science Simulations (2000)
Let other people choose software for you - why not let your PC supplier dictate your software needs (2001)
Starting with science and IT - some ideas and primary and secondary case studies (The Guardian 1998)
What sort of software should we use in school (1997)
IT for handling data and models in science - a briefing (1995)
Modelling science - a practical look at using computer models in science (for Interactive Magazine 1996)
CD-ROM for the science classroom (1996)
Using CD - how can we use CD-ROm (1995)
Human body cut-out exercise - a neat, easy mouse activity using Microsoft Word. If you've an interactive whiteboard, use this as practice material.
Various articles - Archive
Fast forward to the future in Science Year (The Guardian) 2002)
NCET TV - IT case studies on film - TV is a key medium to disseminate how to do IT (1996 TES)
A video-conferencing case study - it's wizzy technology, what are they using it for? (1997 TES)
IT and special needs - special needs pupils get good exam results (The Guardian 1998)
Gone cooking - Roger Frost goes on a cookery course (1996 TES)
LEGO - hitting the mark with the eLab energy set; robots kits and data logging (2000 TES)
When teenagers roamed the gene pool - a science curriculum enrichment project (1995 TES)
Short Circuit - TV series - preview of a science series for ages 15-16. (TES 1996)