Einsteinian physics gives us our best understanding of the natural world, so why are we still hung up on Newton?
Six years ago my team set out to discover if it was actually possible. We designed programs that we have tested from year 3 to year 12. They are fun and interactive, based on models and analogies.
The evidence is overwhelming: the kids enjoy it, ask for more, and wish all their science could be so engaging. They all know that they have been learning old stuff. And while adults respond to the ideas, with"Wow, you must be a genius to understand this science", the children just take it in their stride. They are learning a new common sense.Following our first trials, we have been funded for a five-year program in which we are developing an integrated school curriculum calledOur goal is that university lecturers will never again have to say"forget all that stuff you learnt in school".
Neither does climate change. Tiny traces of carbon dioxide in the air make a heat blanket around earth because of the Einsteinian physics of photons interacting with CO2 molecules.
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