One of the most important aspects of science that I learned from my father was to distrust authority.
I love watching programs about Discovery Channel and just reading New Scientist, and all that kind of stuff. Im just fascinated by it.
Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science.
The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience.
It is so stimulating for young children to hear someone who does science talking about it. It can be so exciting and inspiring. It is easy to get younger school children enthused about science.
Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
