I used an analogy. When Constable painted 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows', a picture now in the Tate Gallery, he set the cathedral in its landscape. Otherwise the power and the significance of the building is lost. This caused some of my audience to get very excited indeed. I have derived some satisfaction from the fact that some of them still are.
Chemists face a challenge in making their science attractive.
There isn't a single solution. The teacher, as with anyone else in the acting profession, has to respond to the particular audience. I do not believe that current educational theories and 'shopping-list' syllabuses are helpful in enabling this flexibility. The Tate Gallery collection is shown on their Website .