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There are few things that grab children’s attention more than flashes, bangs and smells.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
There are few things that grab children’s attention more than flashes, bangs and smells. And no time of life rivals childhood for producing questions about how the world works. When these two human characteristics merge, the job of a science teacher can be among the most rewarding in the world.
And that’s why 31-year-old Tom MacLennan left his job as a hospital haematologist four years ago to train as science teacher. He’s now a physics specialist in the science department at The Royal Liberty School for Boys in Romford, east London.
“It’s the perfect job for me in many ways,” says MacLennan, whose degree in molecular and cellular biology initially took him into science laboratories in hospitals. “Science is the subject for the century, and kids are really interested in what’s going on around them.”..Continue reading
