Includes index.

1 Contents
2 Acknowledgements
3 Introduction
4 1. Wonder, adventure and hope
5 Putting the science into context
6 Sprinkling amazing facts
7 Finding it in real life
8 Making it hands-on
9 Making it fun
10 Wonder, adventure and hope ? Essentials
11 2. Science around us and the experiment
12 It?s not all labs and white coats
13 Science across the danube
14 What?s the point of experiments?
15 Experiment versus experience
16 The scientific method
17 Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
18 Lies, damned lies, and statistics
19 [end box]
20 Why experiment at all?
21 Big pictures and small details
22 Science around us and the experiment ? Essentials
23 3. The basics
24 Where it all started
25 Most people?s ideas of science are victorian
26 First catch your atom
27 We just can?t be certain
28 Bigger fleas have smaller fleas
29 The big four forces 66
30 Einstein?s magical mystery daydream
31 Relativity can be very special
32 Getting in a tangle
33 The gravity game ? Relativity goes general
34 Theories of everything
35 In the beginning was the bang
36 Next add life
37 A little change here, a little change there
38 The basics ? Essentials
39 4. Around the curriculum - life
40 Life: it?s alive!
41 Life: something that goes
42 Life: thriving
43 Life: variety is spice
44 Life: nothing is constant
45 Life: not very well designe
46 Life: why people don?t have fur
47 Life: cracking the dna code
48 Life: another take on reproduction
49 Life: first catch you stem cell
50 Life: pass the energy
51 Life ? Essentials
52 5. Around the curriculum - stuff
53 Stuff: what sort?
54 Stuff: transformers
55 Stuff: back to the beginning
56 Stuff: riding the eco-surf
57 Stuff: getting in a state
58 Stuff: catching the cold
59 Stuff ? Essentials
60 6. Around the curriculum - workings
61 Workings: electrickery
62 Workings: illumination
63 Workings: getting to the source
64 Workings: reflecting on the photon
65 Workings: refraction meets baywatch
66 Workings: seeing the light
67 Workings: colour me excited
68 Workings: hear, hear
69 Workings: feel the force
70 Workings: outer space
71 Workings: dinosaurs and standard candle
72 Workings: measuring the universe
73 Workings: into the black
74 Workings: wormholes in space
75 Workings: solar system
76 Workings: energy from atoms
77 Workings: is anybody out there?
78 Workings ? Essentials
79 7. Getting hands on
80 Make sure it?s their hands
81 Things should happen
82 Stimulate the senses
83 Look for the unexpected
84 Explore error
85 Make results live
86 Everyone loves a gift
87 Dress to impress
88 Use your external resource
89 If it?s too dangerous, go virtual
90 Getting hands-on ? Essentials
91 8. Out in the world and electric experiences
92 Looking around me
93 Inside the machine
94 Getting mobile
95 Desks and light sabres
96 Building your hit list
97 Moving outside the school
98 Hands-on science museums
99 Science festivals
100 Major institutions
101 Touring facilities
102 Out in the world and electric experiences ? Essentials
103 9. Science web
104 Getting it right on the web
105 Information for schools
106 Online demonstrations and activities
107 Science talks
108 Museums
109 Festivals
110 Touring facilities
111 Institutions
112 10. Keeping up-to-date
113 Booking some mind expansion
114 Keeping up on the web
115 Newsletters and rss
116 Magazines and newspapers
117 Tv
118 Don?t make it a chore
119 11. Go inspire
120 Index