Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, July 10, 2009, 12:00 AM
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For the love of science
Original post made on Jul 13, 2009
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, July 10, 2009, 12:00 AM
Comments (3)
Posted by EJB
a resident of another community
on Jul 13, 2009 at 10:31 am
a resident of another community
on Jul 13, 2009 at 10:31 am
V. interesting article.
Posted by Mike Laursen
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jul 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Jul 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
We're spending about $9000 per K-12 pupil. Why isn't that paying for more science education?
Posted by Parent
a resident of Waverly Park
on Jul 31, 2009 at 9:35 am
a resident of Waverly Park
on Jul 31, 2009 at 9:35 am
Our kids do receive Science instruction in elementary school. They use the Foss Science kits, which is a curriculum that provides hands-on, experiment-based science learning from first grade on. I always loved that program. My memory of science education was reading boring facts, and I hated it. The only good memories I have of science in elementary school were on the rare occasions when the teacher would demonstrate a cool concept and I could see it in action. This is what the kids get to do with Foss. They keep science journals, learn about the scientific process -- start with a hypothesis, go through the experiment, and write up their conclusion. I know my kids scored in the advanced range on the state 5th-grade science test, and they didn't get any extra supplementation in science.
I just hope they never completely replace the hands-on curriculum with a textbook-based one, as I think that would be tragic.
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