Description: Experienced Teacher, Researcher, and Professional Developer. Author of Instructional Sequence Matters (NSTA, 2018) and Inquiry-Based Science Activities in Grades 6-12 (Routledge, 2018).
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I hold firmly that a major task of science teaching is cultivating the innate skills child scientists bring to school.
Young kids are natural scientists. For instance, they are puzzled when rainbows appear in the sky, when the leaves change colors, and when the moon goes through different phases. Their observations can lead to questions about how the world works. E ver curious about their world, children instinctively try to answer their scientifically oriented questions by looking for patterns and causal relationships. In this way, they propel themselves to understanding from what they can investigate firsthand. Young chil