| University stars in new TV series |
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| Wednesday, 12 March 2008 | |
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Lightning strikes, astronaut training and a human fireball are some of the unusual teaching techniques used in new TV series led by the University of Cambridge’s Dr Pete Wothers.
The teaching fellow in the Department of Chemistry embarks on a mission to enlighten pupils from a school in East London in the new TV series which started last week. Dr Wothers teams up with Chemistry Department technician Chris Brackstone and University of Liverpool physician Laura Grant in the Discovery Channel’s ‘Big Experiment’. The new six part series aims to fast-track a group of pupils through science GCSE 18 months early using dramatic and sometimes explosive experiments to help the teenagers learn at an accelerated rate. Experiments include students being suspended 40 feet above the ground with helium filled balloons, lightning bolts hitting a variety of structures and a simulated meteor strike. Each of the six episodes represent one week of learning and encompass one module of the curriculum. The episodes each culminate with a large scale experiment that brings together the principles and ideas being learnt throughout the week. Dr Wothers said: “I got involved with the Big Experiment because I hoped I would be able to make a difference with a group of children who expressed little interest in science.”
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