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Nature 402, 708 (16 December 1999) | doi:10.1038/45328

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'Relevant' teaching turns UK children back on to physics

Natasha Loder

Twenty-five British schools are piloting a new approach to teaching physics to 16- to 19-year-olds that is already said to be attracting those who might otherwise have deserted the subject.'Advancing Physics' is intended to bring "physics teaching firmly into the twenty-first century, using relevant and up-to-date examples of physics from everyday life".