Miss Pope, my science teacher, would have approved of music and ice lollies in class. Exams aren't the only way to learn | Michael Rosen

"Miss Pope, in particular, refused the method of simply dictating the curriculum to us. She taught us photosynthesis... We spent time putting dark pieces of paper on to pelargonium leaves, and coming back next week to see the bleached parts of the leaves."

"The chemists have suggested licking ice-lollies to understand how temperatures change and how heating and cooling works, while the physicists say that using more music in the classroom can help teach basic concepts such as pitch and volume."

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