Making a Difference

The Study of Matter

The quest to understand materials is motivated both by the desire to solve practical problems and by curiosity about why things are the way they are.

Issues addressed by this booklet include:

• advances in materials - past, present and future
• motivating students
• resources to support teaching and learning
• virtual experiments and on-line experimentation
• careers for materials graduates
• employers' requirements of advanced level science qualifications

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