The benefits of setting science in an everyday context: a primary school perspective

By John F. McCullagh, Andrea Doherty

Issue 372 | Page 21 | Published Mar 2019

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The people, places and materials of our everyday world are easy to incorporate into science at primary level, so what are the lessons for secondary science?

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