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Writing Science Investigations
I taught science. Every chapter was reduced to a list of topics covered, labs to include, worksheets and a test. This sounds so dry and some of it was. Too many science classes are only boring book learning.
Science is often maligned but most of us wouldn't be alive today without it. All of our technology, medicine, clothing, food, housing, transportation and communications were once no more than scientific ideas.
The problem for me is: I love science. I love teaching science. I believe science is fun and interesting and not buried in a book somewhere. It is there in front of you if you will only look and think about it.
"The Pumpkin Project" is based in this. That is why it is more than just the Investigations. The Investigations are the foundation on which the book is built. They have to be well thought out, written plainly and work.
There are 19 Investigations in the book. I am now working on number 17 although I have rewritten 18. The mind is filled with cotton. It's hard to concentrate. That lure of being done is overwhelming.
Except I'm not done. Several need pictures so I will be doing these over the summer. Then I will know for sure if the directions are easy to follow.
Fall looms closer. Will "The Pumpkin Project" be done? Today I wonder. But underneath I know it will.
Science is often maligned but most of us wouldn't be alive today without it. All of our technology, medicine, clothing, food, housing, transportation and communications were once no more than scientific ideas.
The problem for me is: I love science. I love teaching science. I believe science is fun and interesting and not buried in a book somewhere. It is there in front of you if you will only look and think about it.
"The Pumpkin Project" is based in this. That is why it is more than just the Investigations. The Investigations are the foundation on which the book is built. They have to be well thought out, written plainly and work.
There are 19 Investigations in the book. I am now working on number 17 although I have rewritten 18. The mind is filled with cotton. It's hard to concentrate. That lure of being done is overwhelming.
Except I'm not done. Several need pictures so I will be doing these over the summer. Then I will know for sure if the directions are easy to follow.
Fall looms closer. Will "The Pumpkin Project" be done? Today I wonder. But underneath I know it will.
