Through the years, I have become increasingly aware that science is the poor step-child of early elementary education. It is mostly ignored in many curriculums until the fourth grade. Not only is it ignored early on in education, once it finally begins to be taught, it is mostly taught as a body of facts. This is not science.
Through my student’s unknowing prompting, I have come to understand that science needs to be taught as a process and not as a body of facts. For years, my students came to me upset after having taken their ACT science section because the things that I had been teaching them were not on the test. As a teacher trying to help my students succeed, I was frustrated. more…
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