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anon answered on 20 Jun 2017:
I didn’t go to school in the UK so I can’t do a now vs then comparison. However my British boys go to school here. I have been impressed at the early emphasis on setting up a ‘fair test’ at such a young age. I don’t remember that being taught to me until much later. What I do wish they had was a ‘science fair’ where each child who wants to conducts their own investigation or experiment and then writes it up on posters. In school, I grew bean plants (all over our conservatory) and watered them with water and acid solutions of different strengths. (Acid rain was a big thing then.) I measured and looked for impacts of the acid. It was great fun. It was also the first time I stayed up all night working! I was probably 13 or 14.
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