FUN WITH SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC subjects are very much to the fore these days, so the youngster who has a serious interest in the subject will be pleased to know that there are two BBC science features for him in the special May holiday programmes. The first is about the air, and how we measure atmospheric pressure, and the second concerns hydrogen balloons and their use in collecting scientific information from the upper atmosphere. The lighter side of science is presented in a programme called "Scien-
tific Stunts," . Those who enjoy lab. work at school will get ideas for new experiments they can carry out in in their own homes. Some of them will prove unexpectedly spectacular, but mothers are assured that they are not messy.
The foreign traveller these holidays will be Bill Roff, who has just come back from a visit to Borneo and Singapore. He will take you up-river to meet a Dyak chief whose ancestors used to be warlike headhunters, and you will hear an actual Dyak gong orchestra. In the second programme he describes the thriving city, of Singapore, one of Britain’s great strategic bases. Those interested in dogs will enjoy "The Training of Sheep Dogs," a talk about the different breeds and their training for farm work and for trials. In it a farmer gives a demonstration of the art of whistling, one of the fascinating sides of dog training. The programmes for Juniors include quizzes, some very jolly folk songs, Storytime for Juniors, and a practical session on how to make things from corks, Younger children could start collecting different-sized corks now. These programmes start on Monday, May 7, from all YAs and YZs at 9.4 a.m. (just after the weather forecast), and will continue each week day of the holidays until May 18. Noeline Pritchard, of the 1YA Children’s Session, will be in charge, and the programmes are arranged by Freda Boyce and = Joy Rogers.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 874, 4 May 1956, Page 26
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