Resources by Wellcome Trust
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Ethical aspects of fat
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Take a look at the summary evidence behind the use of palm oil, a fat tax and biofuels and debate the pros and cons. |
Ethical questions
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We may have a lot of technology at our fingertips to help us understand genes and genomes. But when could use of, or access to, these data affect our human rights? |
Ethical questions related to immunology
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Who should decide about vaccination, organ donation, or research into highly infections diseases? |
Ethics of space biology
Four big issues:
- The case for human space flight
- Who owns space?
- Should we really put anything into space?
Genetic selection for screening astronauts and the implications
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Evaluation of the impact of a continuing professional development (CPD) course for primary science specialists: full report
Published in April 2015 this is the final report evaluating the impact of a continuing professional development (CPD) science course for primary school teachers. The course was developed by the Wellcome Trust and the National STEM Learning Centre, and was designed to train primary teachers to become primary science...
Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust Camden STEM Initiative
This report, published in March 2012 by the National Foundation for Educational Research,
presents the findings of an evaluation of the Wellcome Trust’s Camden Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative which provided funding to eight Camden schools to develop interdisciplinary...
Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust Primary Science Specialist Programme
Published in 2015, the Wellcome Trust worked with the National STEM Learning Centre and Network to develop an intensive CPD programme for primary teachers with the aim of improving their expertise to become effective leaders of science in their schools. The Trust commissioned the University of York to help them...
Evolution *suitable for home teaching*
Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. Why does Darwinian evolution raise controversy when, say, quantum mechanics scarcely registers on the public consciousness?
...Exercise, energy and movement
Produced by the Wellcome Trust, this issue of the Big Picture looks at the physiology and sociology of exercise and movement.
For humans, movement is for more than just basic survival. They move for fun, to compete and to be healthy. This resource looks at the biological systems that keep humans moving and...