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Hi Poppy, And for others who might be interested - New Unesco Source Book for Science Teaching online here - http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000056/005641e.pdf On 17 May 2012, at 09:26, Poppy Leeder wrote: > Dear Psci-commers, > > Can you suggest any science resources/projects/activities that would be suitable to run in a school in Afghanistan with limited resources? > > I’m in contact with a student who will be visiting a school in Afghanistan later this year and is currently researching ideas for projects that would be suitable to run at the school. They want to run a science fair, and have school pupils present the results from the projects and activities they do at the fair. > > The school pupils will be aged between 12 and 15 years but have no background in science. The projects can run for up to a couple of months, so projects involving monitoring, making simple equipment or multiple experimentation are suitable. The materials and resources that will be available will be extremely limited, other than what can be taken over (e.g. thermometers, calculators) and the school does not have computing resources. > > So, any ideas? (the STEM e-library, TES resources and Schoolsciences websites are being trawled for ideas right now) > > Have you got any small pieces of equipment that might assist in a suggested project that could be taken in the student's luggage? > > I will collate responses and forward them on so please respond to me off-list at [log in to unmask] > > Thanks very much > Poppy > > Poppy Leeder > External Communications Manager > Natural Environment Research Council > Polaris House > North Star Avenue > Swindon > SN2 1EU > Office: 01793 411974 > Mobile: 07917 456694 > > Environmental research news, features, podcasts, blogs > www.planetearth.nerc.ac.uk > > ********************************************************************** > Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. > > Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. > It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html > and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html > > Email commands: > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, > send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: > > set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] > > 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: > > set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] > > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: > > leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] > > Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. > Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. > To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] > > ********************************************************************** Richard Scrase Science Media Production + 44 1865 284017 + 44 7787 794250 www.scrase.eu www.twitter/rscrase ********************************************************************** Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************