" ... to make true science learners out of you and your children. It is also meant to be fun ..." Balls and Ramps - Hands on Inquiry Science Curriculum - Education Development Center, Inc. Actually: Your students ALREADY know how to do it. So do YOU. IS fun. Need only to remember, allow self and students to do it, model the process/fun.

Science is ... ?

Noticing things that one is interested in Making up explanations Testing the explanations Being wrong Doing it again, and again, and ... Taking enjoyment from all of the above INCLUDING being wrong ... and getting less so

Brains (yours AND theirs) come equipped to do science

Making up/being wrong/enjoying Noticing/making up/being wrong/enjoying ... collectively Learning from variations, differences

The Brain as Inquirer - Lessons for Education

Science, brain, education - The parallels