I love this story. In an age where most news stories about school kids involve things I'd rather not think about kids doing, this story about kids and buzzing is much more to my taste!
From Yahoo.ca:
LONDON - It came with wobbly writing and hand-drawn diagrams, but an elementary school science project has made it into a peer-reviewed journal from Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
Biology Letters published a report Wednesday conducted and written by a group of eight- to 10-year-olds from an English elementary school investigating the way bumblebees see colours and patterns.
The scientific organization — which is more than three centuries old and includes some of the world's most eminent scientists — said the children reported findings that were a "genuine advance" in the field of insect colour and pattern vision.
Working with a neuroscientist from University College London, the children carefully documented their methodology and discussed the data they collected.
The group trained bees to go to targets of different colours by giving them a sugar reward, and reported that the insects are able to learn and remember cues based on colour and pattern.
The study successfully went through peer review — although its presentation was slightly unconventional.
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