Posted by Devilfish under blog's category : Schools education

No understanding of how science works is complete without some knowledge of the way we use research animals. But how is this emotive subject best approached in the classroom? To help answer this question, Understanding Animal Research is offering 12 CPD grants of £400 each for secondary school science teachers to collaborate on a key stage 4 resource development project for science.

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Posted by Devilfish under blog's category : Schools education

The RSPCA's schools education website has a substantial section exploring the ethics of animal research. But does it manage to avoid any bias while presenting the case for and against animal experimentation? Well no, not quite.

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Posted by Devilfish under blog's category : Antivivisection & extremism

What is wrong with animal experiments? asks BUAV's new ‘guide for students' and it is a question worth asking. The trouble is that the answers that the guide provides don't seem to have very much to do with the science.  

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