Emily+Carney

=The Nature of Science =


 * ====The ultimate goal of pure science is to generate new knowledge in the form of theories, laws, and other facts based on observations and data collection. ====
 * ====Science should not only help students learn about what scientist have found, such as facts, theories, and laws, but much more important, science instruction should help children learn how science facts, theories, and laws are developed. ====
 * ====Process and Content of science are important in the classroom. ====
 * ======Process is important because some students will not be developmentally ready to form scientific theories on their own, but will be able to appreciate science as a way of knowing.======
 * ======Students should think of science as in array of organized inquiry approaches used by scientist to examine a situation, solve a problem, or find an answer to a question.======
 * ====As a teacher in the classroom, your main attention will be on modeling and replicating with children the aspects of the process of science called the //scientific inquiry.// ====

= =  **What you hope to do is to help students develop a more accurate understanding. You will be exploring the nature of science with children in a way that parallels the activities and thinking processes used by a scientist.** **[|Coral Reef]** **This video is a segment from the Magic School Bus Series where they are learning about the Coral Reef.**