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That’s one way to ignite their curiosity!

To teach his students a lesson about chain reactions, a science teacher created a pyramid of 5,000 matches — and then proceeded to set it on fire.

The sculpture, which the Edinburgh high school teacher said took 10 hours to build, went up in flames in 15 seconds.

The brief pyrotechnics show appeared to impress the students, though — proving that any science lesson can light up young minds with the right special effects.