I had an excellent visit to Barnard Castle School yesterday and enjoyed lunch in a very traditional dining room with panelled walls and good food! The students were very articulate in explaining to me how they use resources for their coursework (especially Wikipedia, of course) and we had some interesting discussions about how english and chemistry students approach their information needs. From originally telling me that chemistry only needs facts, the students persuaded each other that actually there are times when it also deals in opinions and shades of grey, for example when considering global warming but also when thinking about theories in general.

Caroline Shovlin in her School Library