Importance of Making Science Meaningful

When I was in school, science class was the class you would dread allllll day. It would consist of nonstop taking notes from the time you entered the classroom until the bell rang. I saw science as nothing but memorizing fact, after fact, after fact and drawing and labeling models. This became the norm from year to year- the only difference each year was that the material you were learning got a little more in depth.

When I become a science teacher, this is NOT how I want my students to think of science. I want to make science fun and memorable, and something that children want to learn more about. I plan to teach my students to contantly question things and never settle for one answer. My goal is to teach the students the information they need to know, while allowingt the students to think for themselves and to create their own opinions. I will use hands-on activities to allow students the ability to apply what they learn in the classroom to the outside world.

Below is one of my FAVORITE quotes that I will have hung up in my classroom. I believe this one statement can change the world.