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Friday, November 23, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Star Trek classroom: Next generation of school desks

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:55 PM PST

Researchers designing and testing the 'classroom of the future' have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics. New results from a three-year project working with over 400 pupils, mostly eight-10 year olds, show that collaborative learning increases both fluency and flexibility in maths. It also shows that using an interactive 'smart' desk can have benefits over doing mathematics on paper.

Just ten minutes in a car with a smoker boosts harmful pollutants by up to thirty percent

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:03 PM PST

Just ten minutes spent in the back seat of a car with a smoker in the front, boosts a child's daily exposure to harmful pollutants by up to 30 percent, reveals new research.

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