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Article: To boldly go where no chemical educators have gone before.(Geoff Rayner-Canham takes science education to rural areas)
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- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Science students in urban environments have significant educational advantages over their rural counterparts. Urban students have a live science teacher whose training is probably in the sciences. They often live within accessible distance from a science centre. They may have access to summer science camps. They are often involved in science fairs, and they are visited by potential role-model scientists. Yet half of our population lives in rural areas--some in extremely isolated areas. Why should we disadvantage half the next generation of potential chemists?
Geoff Rayner-Canham, FCIC, decided that something should and could be done, at least in the context of ...
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