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Where does UK get its teachers? YouTube of course
Gov't recruitment drive shows off exploding instant whip

By Jo Best

Published: Thursday 27 November 2008

In an effort to encourage more individuals to become science teachers, the government is turning to YouTube for its latest propaganda campaign.

As part of a new scheme called Your Science, the Training and Development Agency (TDA) has created a channel on YouTube designed to combat the boring image of science teaching.

The channel will showcase a series of science teaching experiments in UK schools, including a fireball of instant whip and the use of a "screaming jelly baby" to demonstrate how energy is derived from food.

According to the TDA, one of the experiments will be "carried out on a massive scale" at the agency's teacher recruitment events next year.

The government hopes to recruit an additional 6,600 science teachers to the profession over the next two years.