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Dear PSCI-COM, I'd like to bring to your attention some brand-new classroom resources, created by STEMNET, the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, the Society for Biology and 4Science. We have developed inspirational activities for STEM Ambassadors and teachers to engage students in Biology topics, from developing super-strength glue to investigating the decline of conker trees. The six practical activities enhance the Biology curriculum, and can be run by STEM Ambassadors and teachers to give students the opportunity to relate school science to the real-world challenges experienced by STEM professionals. The activities explore the following topics: • Colour questions – what happens when coloured substances are mixed with oil and water? • Improving glue – can we develop a stronger glue? • Eat your greens – can we stop food from going off but still keep it tasty and nutritious? • Exploding cells – why can’t the concentration of our body fluids change? • Take your medicine – why are there so many different kinds of pills? • Save our conkers – what’s happening to our conker trees? Will they survive? There is more information in our news story: http://www.stemnet.org.uk/news/view/1232354 The six resources are freely available as pdfs from the STEMNET website: http://www.stemnet.org.uk/resources/other/50 and from the STEMNET TES page http://www.tes.co.uk/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=1480361 Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. Best wishes, Morag Morag Hickman Communications Officer, STEMNET Direct Tel: 020 3206 0477 | Email: [log in to unmask] | Website: www.stemnet.org.uk | Twitter: @STEMNET ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************