In brief

Various short news items 

Salters' camps

The Salters' Institute will be holding 19 Chemistry Camps between June and August this year and places are still available. The camps are three day residential events held at universities across the UK. Participants will experience practical chemistry, lively demonstrations, evening activities and a taste of life in halls of residence. 

Schools may nominate up to four students from Year 10 (or equivalent) to participate. 

For more information please visit the Chemistry Camps website.

Becta resources

The Association for Science Education (ASE) is now hosting a selection of science education resources from the Becta website, which closed on 31 January 2011 after its government funding was withdrawn.

Material available on the ASE site includes Hard to Teach (case studies and ideas for teaching difficult science topics using ICT), ICT in Secondary Science (a range of different uses of ICT mapped against different aspects of How Science Works), and a variety of science symbols in different languages. 

The resources are available to download for free from the website.