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Unfortunately I cannot see things improving in Australia, since the current draft for the national curriculum does not include astronomy in physics, but we will have to teach young Australian physicists about heating and cooling in year 11 physics. For example recommended pracs for yr11 physics in the new physics syllabus are based on measuring temperature change of water over time when it is heated in a beaker over a Bunsen burner, as we currently do in year 7 science. When I voiced out my disappointment, I was told that I need to be innovative and could vary the experiment and make it more exciting for the students by substituting water with tea or coffee...and all of that is happening while we, as a humanity, are mapping the Milky Way and the Universe and discovering new worlds.
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