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Can school students get their science research published? Here, we report on an exciting partnership between The Royal Society and "Young Scientists Journal" ("YSJ"), which is written and edited entirely by students aged 12-20. As background, we explore the history and importance of science publishing and the origin of YSJ. The skills developed by students when they write for publication are discussed. We report some recent and future initiatives associated with the journal, including links with the Royal Society's Partnership Grants scheme.

The South East Physics Network (SEPnet) (www.sepnet.ac.uk/gcse.php) is exploring various ways to enhance physics learning and A-level uptake, including a series of interactive GCSE revision events. The first event, which includes talks and various physics exhibits by leading teachers and educators, is on energy and the exhibition--called "Who will keep the lights on?"--is travelling around southern UK venues. Here we describe the demonstration that shows how electricity is generated. (Contains 5 footnotes and 2 figures.)

The article focuses on different innovative ideas for teaching particle physics. It informs that particle is a tricky topic to study and A-level specifications in Great Britain tend to focus on learning about the particles and how they behave. Students need to know the names of the quarks and the particles they make up and also need to know the properties, how they interact with each other and some simple Feynman diagrams. Queen Mary University of London, has developed a model using different colours of lego to represent the different particles.