One of the challenges constantly facing science educators is making their topic relevant. This applies as much to the relevant bodies governing education as to its students.
Science contains a lot of large, complex ideas. Students can often find it hard to engage and relate with these ideas, especially if they cannot see how this knowledge will benefit them in the real world. Students can be very shrewd when learning new topics, and the question 'when will I ever need to know this?' is one that every teacher will surely have heard.
