Pluto's not a planet. Discuss.

August 24, 2006

Pluto's not a planet. Discuss.

Andrew Pass suggests some great questions to be asking our teenagers because, let's face it, in our office today no-one was able to work out why Pluto is no longer a planet. Much less a 'dwarf-planet' - is that not really un-PC? I suggest we all go an philosophise chez Andrew.

24 Aug 2006 17:20:50 | Web 1.0

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Andrew does a great job, thank you for pointing that out! I also have to think that this is an excellent case study for the effective use of wikibooks to supplement textbooks. How long will it take for textbooks to respond? How many years into the future will students be learning the "wrong" information? With our knowledge base effectively doubling every 7 years (or did I recently hear it is 4), how can we keep up and make education cutting edge. I think this is a prime example of how paper textbooks without Internet supplementation just fall short of providing a world class education.

Great post!

Posted by: Vicki Davis | August 30, 2006 at 01:34 PM

hey i really need an essay about pluto why isn't it a planet...i really need it for m project at school..and i nedd it today...september 18 2006..please

Posted by: celisa | September 18, 2006 at 02:43 PM

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