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History and Philosophy in Science Teaching (HIPST)
**Earth Sciences Page**

The HIPST project was created to provide ideas and resources for teaching of History and Philosophy in Science Teaching.It is funded by the EU and directed from Germany. Seven other countries are involved: Israel, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Poland and the UK. It started in February 2008 and will close with international publication in July 2010. The UK Principal Investigator is Dr John Oversby, Reading University. This page outlines how teaching in Earth Sciences links to How Science Works and teaching the history and philosophy of science.