It is teaching the students why things happen. Science can be basic and science can be difficult. My goal as a teacher is to make science interesting and fun. We need to study science because this is how we understand the nature of things, how they work, why they do what they do, why it is important for us to know this, etc. We believe science is the systematic method for discovering the world around you.
Science is an organized search for patterns and regularities.
We construct generalizations to explain the patterns we observe. Likewise, if possible we need to predict and control objects and events within these patterns. Science, to me, is looking deeper into what I am watching happen. It is a series of observations and hypothesises about what might happen next or what causes something to happen. It is a series of effects and the science part is trying to figure out the who, what, where, and why's.