In the News Unit 1 Advancing Science for 150 Years To help celebrate their 150th anniversary, the American Association for the Advancement of Science asked New Jersey high school students what they thought about science and society. We've brought you a sampling of their comments. . .
Most people think of science as something they have to learn to get through school.
It isn't very important, just facts that they have to know to pass tests. These people miss the whole point of science. Science is about understanding the world around us and understanding ourselves. Science makes me question things that I know and keeps me from accepting anything simply because I am told it is the truth. Science changes our lives by showing us the order of the natural world, and through that, its beauty.