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Article: British Association for the Advancement of Science: Pupils captivated by `hands-on' science menu
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 9, 1994
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THE 10-year-old girls attempting to stuff an armful of internal
organs back into a life-size model were quite positive: "Science is
cool".
The "Hands on Science" exhibit is part of the youth section
running alongside the week-long meeting of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science in Loughborough. For the first time,
it has been put together by the BA's youth section - a science club
for 8- to 18-year-olds.
This year, 5,500 children booked in advance to see the show and
1,500 had to be turned away. The popularity of the exhibition
contradicts the findings of a survey published earlier this week,
which suggested that pupils might be put off science by their
teachers.
The ...