Pokemon teaches kids about science
More evidence in that games aren't entirely evil
Nintendo has partnered up with education teams to create science software-based around Pokémon Diamond and Pearl that will be used in US classrooms to teach children.
"We're honoured to have our characters take what sometimes may seem like dry topics and help make them come alive for students," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing. "The collaboration provides an opportunity for children to learn 21st century science using 21st century tools with characters they're familiar with."
The Pokémon Learning League was devised back in October 2006 and has proved a popular way of teaching young children maths, science, language and life skills in the classroom through animated Pokémon characters. This new science programme is a follow-up to that.
If only we'd had this sort of thing when we were kids, eh? Instead, we had a terrifying science teacher and battled with the constant dilemma of whether it was better to grass up the scary kids for turning on the gas taps, or just die in a massive explosion when someone lit a Bunsen burner.
