PRIMARY school teachers across North Yorkshire have been tasked with making science lessons more exciting for pupils.
A Science and Creativity conference is being held to show staff more innovative means of teaching the subject.
It is run by North Yorkshire County Council and the Association for Science Education and the Science Learning Centre, Yorkshire and the Humber.
Workshops will include the use of outdoor teaching and the use of the council’s Skywatch Dome an inflatable with a map of the night sky inside.
Teachers will also examine ways of teaching science through creative and performing arts such as dance and drama.
Nick Horn, North Yorkshire’s senior science adviser, said: "Children learn in many different ways and this conference gives teachers an opportunity to look at how science can be taught across the curriculum.
"Nationally we need more young people who will go on to specialise in science and they are much more likely to do this if they have been excited by science at an early age."
The Science and Creativity at the Heart of the Curriculum conference is at Ripon Racecourse on May 22.
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