Session 10: Portals and resources II

10.2 I want to live forever ... education and scientific research combined
Yuri Matterman, De Praktijk, The Netherlands

Abstract
The EU Network of Excellence LifeSpan made the study of the link between development and ageing its prime target of research, which led to develop a complete educational project on ageing. I want to live forever... has been written for senior secondary school students studying biology. The lessons include scientifi c concepts and ideas of the ageing process and are accompanied by  several videos, in which scientists from the LifeSpan network talk about their research.