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:Oops, I didn't realise that we were aiming for that sort of age group - I'm used to teaching it to 18-21 year olds, but I'll try to tone it down! | :Oops, I didn't realise that we were aiming for that sort of age group - I'm used to teaching it to 18-21 year olds, but I'll try to tone it down! | ||
| − | :: | + | ::Articles like this just need an introduction which assumes little or no previous knowledge. I know what [[potential energy]] is, because I studied physics - with the equations and everything. But most of our readers will have learned "science" as a collection of "facts". I doubt that one person in 100 has the foggiest idea of what potential energy is. |
::Meet the reader where he is, and then bring him on an amazing journey to where you live! :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 09:02, 14 March 2009 (EDT) | ::Meet the reader where he is, and then bring him on an amazing journey to where you live! :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 09:02, 14 March 2009 (EDT) | ||
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I moved your article out of mainspace, because it's not clear. Please rewrite it, with a 10 or 14 year old child in mind. --Ed Poor Talk 08:22, 14 March 2009 (EDT)
- Oops, I didn't realise that we were aiming for that sort of age group - I'm used to teaching it to 18-21 year olds, but I'll try to tone it down!
- Articles like this just need an introduction which assumes little or no previous knowledge. I know what potential energy is, because I studied physics - with the equations and everything. But most of our readers will have learned "science" as a collection of "facts". I doubt that one person in 100 has the foggiest idea of what potential energy is.