I was going to post to seek peoples views on the proposition "should dogs on leads wear pants in public" but I will leave that one until I see what is on the net
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But I was drawn away from that and seek views as to how astronomy could be introduced into schools. It is not an idea I support simply because I enjoy astronomy or my world revolves around astronomy but the advantages for kids I think should be looked at. Apart from being a good hobby I think it would encourage kids in maths for example, there is the sideline of photography.Maybe a double star program or involvemnet in Sun spot recording. With the availablity of relatively cheap equipment I can not see why we could not have it in schools as part of the science course. I guess it is being done out there someplace but given there are a few of us about perhaps we could cause such to happen. I know someone is doing schools programs but I dont know what level this has reached.
alex