Booking into science: approaches and activities to encourage children and young teens to read science for pleasure

By Ruth Jarman, Joy Alexander

Issue 379 | Page 39 | Published Dec 2020

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Can we encourage children and young teens to read science for pleasure? This article presents teacher-devised approaches and activities that have proved successful in the classroom.

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