"… Education is more than acquisition of knowledge; it is learning how knowledge can be used-that is learning the function of knowledge." (Forman, p. 25).
Children have an intrinsic motivation to learn about how and why things happen in their environment. As a teacher, it is beneficial to capitalize on this motivation and use student interest to enhance curriculum.
Science can be easily incorporated into all areas of your classroom. Throughout this curriculum unit, children will perform simple experiments and draw logical conclusions based on observations. They must then find a way to document their data in order to interpret it, and eventually share their results to others. Study of the scientific method effectively integrates reading and writing with scientific and mathematical principles.