Posted by Sand Puppy under blog's category : Schools education

Are you a school science teacher or a GCSE science student? Don't miss out next year - invite a volunteer speaker into your school. We have keen volunteers across the UK.

Over the past school year Understanding Animal Research volunteers have given over 250 talks in schools nationwide. This has involved over 7,000 students, whom we hope can now differentiate between the myths and facts of animal research.

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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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