The study of science enriches people's lives.
Science lights the dark and frightening corners of the world.
It opens the human mind to new aesthetic and intellectual pleasures and to a new appreciation of the beauty and precision that surrounds them. Science education empowers people to take greater control of their lives and to face problems with courage and understanding. It liberates them to imagine new questions and to set about finding new answers. Parents should expect that their children are being taught science every year, beginning in kindergarten and continuing until high school graduation. Parents should expect that their children's science instruction teaches them to connect science concepts with the real world and explore how science and technology affect their lives and their society.