The news that evolution would be cut from the curriculum for students aged 15–16 was widely reported last month, when thousands of people signed a petition in protest. But official guidance has revealed that a chapter on the periodic table will be cut, too, along with other foundational topics such as sources of energy and environmental sustainability. Younger learners will no longer be taught certain pollution- and climate-related topics, and there are cuts to biology, chemistry, geography, mathematics and physics subjects for older school students.
What’s so upsetting about the periodic table? I didn’t find a clear answer in the article. Is it because the table isn’t rectangular and has those elitist Lanthanides and Actinides on their own little table down below, hogging up all them electrons and protons and neutrons?