Purpose
| “ | As the computer takes over the role of storing and sorting the data, children can increasingly involve themselves in analysing significance. | ” |
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—Bill O'Neill, University of Ulster, cited by John Lamb in New Scientist, 28 March 1985 |
The project includes local information gathered and stored by school pupils, in order to create an up-to-date version.
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