A day of running 2 different science programmes online has fueled my non-enthusiasm towards them.

The inability to run actual physical activities for a science programme that is non-abstract is a real sticking point for me.

I get that schools are apprehensive about running full-scale programmes, and I appreciate the comparative simplicity of teaching life skills and even coding skills through a virtual format.

But physical sciences require physical activities to learn them properly.

Virtual labs are alright at a pinch, but there were so many incidents during the programmes when I was thinking,

"This would have been so much more impactful and enjoyable if we were doing the real thing".

Again, I understand the situation that we are in, but it's really not doing the students any favours.