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Are
efforts to get students interested in science going too far?
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LONDON,
November 26 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - An official document
advising British
teachers
that pupils could study how bombs
are made as a way of stimulating interest in science lessons has been
withdrawn, the Department for Education said Tuesday, November 26.
A
spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: “As soon as it was
seen the document was withdrawn straight away.”
The
spokeswoman added the document was part of a teacher training pack, and not a handbook for use by
pupils in the classroom.
The
Times newspaper had reported Tuesday that “Children as young as 11 are being encouraged by the
Government to show an interest in bomb-making.”
The
U.K. newspaper said that the document told science teachers how to
encourage students, suggesting that they could “use ball-bearings to
make tilt switches for bombs.”
These
switches, the paper added, are triggered by movement, and are believed
to have been used on the Bali bombs, which killed more than 190 people
last month.
Estelle
Morris, the former Education Secretary, wrote a foreword to the
document, in which she emphasizes the need for more children to take an
interest in science, according to the paper.
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Tilt
switches are believed to have been used on the Bali bombs last
month
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In
the foreword, Morris said “Science is diverse and exciting. It helps
pupils to explore the world around them and understand so many things
that have such relevance to daily life.”
Other
suggestions in the document include
testing gravestones and analyzing a “murder scene” to discover
whether real blood is present, The Times reported.
“Visit
a graveyard to look at weathering,” the document suggests.
“Investigate
which type of rock makes the best gravestone by collecting data on the
age of the gravestone, the type of rock and the degree of weathering. A
tire gauge can help pupils to decide how much letters have been worn
away and a dropper bottle of very dilute acid will help them to identify
if the stone is marble or not.”
Another
suggestion is “Murder mystery,” in which students are told to
analyze evidence from “a crime scene and read statements from suspects
to identify the murderer,” to “test pH of red mark to see if it’s
real blood . . . match fingerprints and handwriting.”
Damien
Green, the Conservative education spokesman said Monday, November 25,
said the document “is certainly diverse and exciting for potential
terrorists,” The Times reported.
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