Students will learn to use their skills of inquiry to construct deeper explanations for physical phenomena and to find and verify facts. Therefore they will encounter fewer concepts and facts in school, but they will develop skills for lifelong synthesis, analysis, and application of scientific information. They will spend more time determining how to interpret information that is provided to them and determining what perspectives are represented by different data collection methods and interpretations. They will develop an understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and environmental contexts which influence our interpretation and application of scientific data, and they will have many opportunities to apply scientific and technological knowledge to solve current and real problems. They will see many different types of people using scientific thinking in a variety of ways to satisfy a wide variety of needs.
All children are capable of learning at high levels.
Schools will provide greater emphasis on concepts and process skills, less emphasis on specific facts. If students first learn to think critically and analytically, they can develop strategies to learn the basic facts. Most scientific work uses the process skills of science to deepen our understanding of systems and phenomena. Nature and History of Science People learn most rapidly in a community of learners. Mastering technology will help students function in today's world.