Science in Primary Schools

by: Nicole Williams

Not teaching Science

O affects children's need to explore O Leaves students in the dark when they

arrive in 3rd grade and have science on a daily basis O Can prevent students from learning to think on a higher level, thinking and challenging themselves in real life context

Teaching Science.
O Allows students to explore and do hands

on activities O Challenges their minds and challenges them to ask questions O Instills a love of science as it is what surrounds us everywhere in life.

Science Fun

In Conclusion
O In the areas I taught, there was a significant

increase in the students that could answer the questions correctly O They were retaining the information O They had so much fun learning science O Science is important!

What is science? (in the words of second graders)

Doing experiments getting messy Mixing a lot of stuff up Making things that

explode Learning how the world works