A New Way to Teach Science? (Good Read 5)

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120405131435.htm

This article from Science Daily reports that a new study out of The University of Michigan has concluded that U.S. schools need to change the way they teach science in order for students to improve. Instead of teaching the sciences as isolated disciplines, and having students memorize longs lists of facts, teachers need to help students build understanding within and between the subjects, and encourage students to ask questions like, "What are things made of? "How do systems interact?" and "How do things change?" I think this is a good idea for all students, but especially for students in the elementary grades because it is more developmentally appropriate for young children to experiment and question, and think of different subjects making up an interrelated whole, rather than to sit and memorize seemingly unrelated facts.