Students Propose Explanations and Solutions and Build a Store of Concepts. They use investigations to satisfy their own questions. They sort out information and decide what is important. They are willing to revise explanations as they gain new knowledge. Students Raise Questions.
Children ask questions.
They use questions to lead them to investigations that generate further questions or ideas. Children value and enjoy asking questions as an important part of science. Students Use Observation. Children observe, as opposed to just looking. They make connections to previously held ideas.