Teachers Clearinghouse Newsletter, Winter 2007.

Table of contents

Science and society: closing the gap.

An editorial: what are we waiting for?

Pioneering in STS: the trail blazing of Nancy Van Vranken, by Sara F. Anderson.

As I remember Nancy, by Bernice Hauser.

AAPT symposium on physics education. A review of papers that add up to a comprehensive analysis of physics education in high school and introductory college physics courses.

Forthcoming science and society education meetings.

Vertical farms advocated to feed cities.

Teacher describes cancer research.

Building harmony in learning: STAO 2006, by Michael J. Passow.

American Geophysical Union fall meeting, by Michael J. Passow.

Demystifying science: not an easy task. The war between charlatans and science.

The genesis of laboratory work in American science education.

First year of peer review for The Natural Selection.

Addressing social and ethical issues in nanotechnology.

The energy crisis...again? (Part I), by John D. White A look back and a look forward, "out of the box".

News from Triangle Coalition: technology literacy of U. S. population not well addressed.

Infusion tips.

Clearinghouse update.

Reviews of science and society educational resources. A review by Hugh Haskell of the book by Brice Smith, "Insurmountable Risks: The dangers of using nuclear power to combat global warming". Both the book and the reviewer are against the further use of nuclear energy, but this essay-review is informative and provocative regardless of whether you agree with them.

Nineteenth century space race.