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Better Science The Secondary Science Curriculum Review. London and Hatfield: Heinemann Educational Books and the Association for Science Education, 1987. A directory of resources. £16.50, ISBN 0 435 54820 4 Curriculum guides 1–2. £22.00, ISBN 0 435 54821 2 Making it happen. £2.95, ISBN 0 435 548220 Also available in a pack containing the Directory, the Curriculum guides, and two copies of Making it happen, £44.00, ISBN 0 435 54819 0 3. Better Science: Making it relevant to young people (48 pp.) 4. Better Science: Approaches to teaching and learning (64 pp.) Reviewed by Janis Denselow

5. Better Science: How to plan and manage the curriculum (64 pp.) 6. Better Science: For both girls and boys (32 pp.) Reviewed by Marius Frank

8. Better Science: Working for a multicultural society (48 pp.) Reviewed by Rose Godfrey

11. Better Science: Assessing progress (32 pp.) 12. Better Science: Learning how to teach it (64 pp.) Reviewed by Stephen Webster

The diary of a teenage health freak A. Macfarlane and A. McPherson. 159 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. £9.95/£2.50. ISBNs 0 19 217761 3/286083 6 Reviewed by Hazel Slavin

Health for you D. Dallas, J. Jenks, and B. Patilla. 176 pp. London: Hutchinson Education, 1987. £4.25. ISBN 0 9 140901 2 Reviewed by Hazel Slavin

Longman Exam Guides: Biology A. Cornwell and R. Miller. 199 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1987. £5.95. ISBN 0 582 29159 3 Reviewed by Pauline Alderson

Questions in biology A. Lawson. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. £17.50. ISBN 0 631 90132 9 Reviewed by Pauline Anderson

Social biology projects P. Gadd. Middlesex: Summerhouse Publications (49 Summerhouse Lane, Harmondsworth, West Drayton UB7 0AW), 1987. £3.95. ISBN0 9512069 0 7 Reviewed by D. C. Tilley

The blind watchmaker R. Dawkins. 332 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1987. £12.95. ISBN 0 582 44694 5 Reviewed by T. R Birkhead

The naturalist's year S. Camazine. 287 pp. Chichester: John Wiley, 1987. £11.85. ISBN 0 471 84845 X Reviewed by M. S. Gosden

Acid deposition in the Northern Hemisphere 56 pp. Manchester: Acid Rain Information Centre (Dept of Environmental and Geographical Studies, Manchester Polytechnic, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD), 1987. £3.00 Reviewed by Sarah Hiscock

Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems J. T. O. Kirk. 401 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. £50.001 £15.00. ISBNs 0 521 24450 1/33654 6 Reviewed by Brian Whitton

Physics teaching in schools 1960–1985 Brian E. Woolnough. Brighton: Falmer Press. £19.95/£10.50. ISBNs 1 85000 202 9/203 7 Reviewed by John Harris

A geological walk through Abney Park Cemetery Research by Eric Robinson, written by Diana Cripps et al. 12 pp. 1987. Urban Spaces Scheme, Polytechnic of North London, Holloway Road, London N7 8DB. £0.50 plus £0.50 post & packing Reviewed by John A. Barker

A manual of forensic entomology K. G. V. Smith. 205 pp. London: British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press, 1986. £17.00. ISBN 0 565 00990 7 Reviewed by Y. Z. Erzinclioglu