Hands-On Science (Podcast)
Date: August 5, 2009
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When staff physicist Paul Doherty began to teach, he started by doing lots of demonstrations. But now, he explains, he has students get their hands on the science, which helps them to understand the calculations.
This is a podcast series of almost 70 five-minute episodes for science teachers, by science teachers.
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