Signing up for science

A NEW sign language designed to revolutionise the way science is taught to deaf children in schools has been developed in Edinburgh.

Teachers and language specialists have collated a glossary of more than 250 signs, which can be accessed over the internet.

Under the £25,000 move, complex terms such as photosynthesis, density and bacteria will be explained by on-screen tutors.

Rachel O'Neill, from the University of Edinburgh, said: "The scientific vocabulary for deaf children has developed simply because we need it."