Long hours and advance planning leave Samantha Munro with precious little downtime, but her science students reap the benefitsThe room I’m in contains a glass tank featuring two baby stick insects called Jim and Bob, a poster adorned with the words “Hazard Warning” in vivid red ink, and tray after tray of conical flasks, test tubes and Bunsen burners. Behind a door marked “Dangerous chemicals” a laboratory technician is diligently checking that his voltometers are in good working order.All is calm – until the children arrive and a wall of noise ensues. Thirty teenagers crash into the room chatting, shouting, screaming, and playing, their postprandial cheeks flushed red after a spell in the playground. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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