Science Busking training!

Birkbeck Science students: Would you be interested in working with a small group of science students to develop an interesting science idea into a short 5 - 10 minute science busking piece to be performed in a primary school (for children aged 9-11)?

Science busking is about communicating science in novel and accessible ways. The project aims to showcase science as fun, intriguing and accessible to children who probably would not consider university science as a possible future for themselves. We also hope that Birkbeck Science students will have fun engaging with their subject in creative and innovative ways whilst doing something positive for the community.

Find out more and sign up

Treatise on Geochemistry - updated edtion now available

We now have online access to the second edition of Treatise on Geochemistry published in 2014.

Browse and search it via ScienceDirect at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080983004

Great for your geochemistry modules!

New section on the Earth & Planetary Sciences subject guide - video/image resources

There is a new section on the Library subject guide for Earth & Planetary Sciences http://bbk.libguides.com/earthandplanetarysciences giving links to some video and image resources, including:

• BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National (a streaming TV and radio service for universities)
• JISC MediaHub (academic video, image and audio),
• Earth Science World Image Bank 

and more. There is also a search box for image searches via Credo Reference. Take a look at this new page, and the others on the guide today!

In pictures: 25 years of Hubble

The BBC are celebrating 25 years of Hubble on their web site with some beautiful pictures:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-32388337

New section on the Biological Sciences subject guide - video/image resources

There is a new section on the  Library subject guide for Biological Sciences http://bbk.libguides.com/biologicalsciences giving links to some new resources  - JoVE Science Education (videos to help you learn basic lab techniques), BOB (Box of Broadcasts) National (a streaming TV and radio service for universities), JISC MediaHub (academic video, image and audio) and many others.

New books and ebooks for Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences

You can see lists of the new books and ebooks we have for Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences via the lists on our Subject Guides:

• Biological Sciences

• Earth & Planetary Sciences

And while you're there, why not browse around the other pages on the subject guide and make sure you're using all the resources we make availabe for your subject area.

Access To Understanding science writing competition winners

Fancy reading some great science writing over the Easter break? The winners of the British Library's Access To Understanding science writing competition, which encourages early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article,

Encouraging early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article. - See more at: http://www.access2understanding.org/competition/#sthash.xWNxOuxY.dpuf

Encouraging early-career scientists to write a plain-English summary of a biomedical research article. - See more at: http://www.access2understanding.org/competition/#sthash.xWNxOuxY.dpuf

have been announced and you can read the winning entries on the BL's blog post:

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/science/2015/03/access-to-understanding-2015-in-summary.html