Thursday, January 8, 2009

Hands on Experiments and Discovery

These are the ideas that we are working on;-

  • We teach students to retain and release information. Learn for the exam. The FCAT drives our education! (What is FCAT? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCAT )
  • Science is about 'why the world is the way it is' and it takes 'hands on' experimentation to discover it.
  • Discovery and invention is not 'done' or 'over'. Our students think so!
  • Why are our hero's Musicians, Sportsmen and Actors?
  • How this works;
    "the scientific process of testing, revising and discarding of hypothesis, and the construction of theories which fit the known facts, and the modification or abandonment of these as and when new facts emerge, in short produces results, results of which are testable, verifiable, falsifiable, and from which predictions can be made". Quote from 'The Great Scientists'


1 comment:

  1. Through the 20th century this process has, put simply, worked!

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