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And that is exactly why I want to collect all the great experiments of history and give them to kids at the right ages to do - to calculate the size of the earth using pencils and shadows and skyline others kids in different countries for their measurements - it's got to stick in the brain better

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I think it's a fantastic idea. The most difficult things for me to learn were always those which I don't know how to apply or those which I don't know where they came from. You can't reason over something that seems like magic.

OK - so can we start something?

https://github.com/lifeisstillgood/importantexperiments4kids

I think I can get support for something like this from STEMAmbassadors of the UK. I shall see.

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