Major Organisations

This list of organisations with useful websites appears in the book. If you have used any of them please feel free to offer a comment below; to suggest an additional one, email  gtgwscience@gmail.com

BBC science– a large number of video clips, articles and links on immediately topical issues and other generally interesting ones

British Science Association – charity advancing the public understandingof the sciences and engineering. Information on BA Science Festival and regional groups

Society of Biology – useful section on current issues; also resources aimed at schools

Institute of Physics – the multimedia section includes interviews with physicists, demonstrations of experiments, and resources for teachers.

Natural History Museum, London – the Nature Online section includes the story of humans in Britain and videos on how scientists help identify threats to nature

Open University – huge range of excellent free videos on science maths and technology

Royal Institution – long established charity encouraging people to think about the wonders and applications of science. See famous Christmas lectures on video

Royal Society – lists of lectures and activities at the UK’s foremost and oldest scientific institution plus videos of previous speakers and discussions

Royal Society of Chemistry – range of resources for students and members of the public about chemistry and world challenges

Science Museum, London – information about the museum’s collections plus apps, blogs and games

Scientific American – huge range of videos, podcasts and blogs plus information on citizen science from the USA’s oldest magazine (est. 1845)

Comments welcomed