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Plane Spotting at the ECE Service.

Going plane spotting is easy. You can do this now without leaving home or your early childhood service.

There are thousands of learning possibilities…

Technology – tracking planes, use of real timeGeography – different countriesMaths – comparing land masses, number of planes, altitude, speed, di

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