The lessons are designed to provoke curiosity, which is what makes children ask questions and search for the answers. In the real world, much information comes from scientists talking and sharing their ideas with each other. Through independent assignments and group research, the children will experiment, communicate their results to audiences and defend conclusions from peer review. A lesson on biomes of the world explores climate and plant life exclusive to each area.
Children create mini habitats using living and nonliving things.
Using computer skills to navigate a museum web site, they will learn about the issue of biodiversity and how living things interact with each other. Through a process known as vegetative reproduction, students discover how to grow new plants from cuttings of roots, stems and leaves. Growing plants from seed involves a different approach to experimentation. The scientific method is a systematic approach which is used in problem solving. Children work in teams as they learn about germination and the conditions needed for the process to begin.