Apologies for cross-postings I was just sent this article via a physics teaching network I am on….I thought it may prompt a lively discussion amongst those of us who try to encourage children to study science. Why should children learn science? http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000166.php Look forward to hearing your views! Wendy www.science-made-simple.co.uk Wendy Sadler 98 Fairwater Grove West Cardiff CF5 2JR tel/fax: 029 2091 4813 mob: 07811 424531 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/C1XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== BIG-chat is a service from the British Interactive Group, the only organisation in the UK for individuals interested in all forms of interactivity. For more information, go to http://www.big.uk.com -------------------------------------------------------- Post message: [log in to unmask] Topic archive at http://www.big.uk.com/chat -------------------------------------------------------- To change settings - send blank email to: Messages on hold: [log in to unmask] Restart messages: [log in to unmask] Daily digest: [log in to unmask] Individual emails: [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask] ======================================================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/big-chat/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [log in to unmask] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************