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Before ever asking students to memorize facts, the teacher should demonstrate a scientific
process or, better, teach the students how to experiment for themselves, allowing them to
apprehend the process with their senses before trying to fix it in their intellect. For example, the
teacher might pass around an ant farm in the classroom and let the students observe the little
critters skittering behind the glass, going about their complex, individual tasks, before asking the
student to read that ants have a rigid social structure, just as people do. If possible, it would be
even better to take them on a field trip to observe a real ant hill or to see how other kinds of real
animals behave, say on a farm or in a zoo. The teacher might allow the students to create a
chemical reaction in a beaker taking care of course that they don't blow themselves up before
asking them to memorize the formula.
When I was small, I had first-hand experience with this kind of teaching. My father built a
telescope (a painstaking project that should only be taken on out of love because it is a very
difficult, intricate task I recall that even he swore a lot during that period!). The telescope had a
clock at its base that kept it fixed on the
moon or stars rather than turning as the earth turns. When my father switched off the clock, I
remember watching through the eyepiece, fascinated at how quickly the stars drifted out of my
field of vision it took only seconds and even more fascinated to realize that what I was seeing
was us floating so swiftly through space. He told me the magical names of the geological
formations on the moon, such as the crater called "The Sea of Tranquility" When I looked
through the lens, the pockmarked silvery disc of the moon seemed as close as the hills behind our
suburban house.
After that, I became interested in the statistics such as the rate of the rotation of the earth, the
geophysical facts behind the making of the craters that form the moon's laughing face, in a way I
never would have if the facts had been the starting point of a lecture.
This approach should be begun, not in high school or college, but in grade school or even in
kindergarten. The facts are important, of course without them, we can have no real
understanding. But curiosity is as vital to learning as the ability to memorize perhaps more so.
Because curiosity will keep students learning long after they've passed their final test in school.
Sample "4" essay
Science is important for many reasons, but especially because today's world is based on
technology. If other countries get ahead of us in science the consequences may be dire. So it is
extremely important for our students to excell.
The first and best way to teach science is to make the student see the practical application of it.
For example, if the teacher is teaching botony, she might explain the medical uses of plants. Or if
teaching physics, she might show a diagram of a rocket ship. Field trips are a good idea, as well,
perhaps to a factory that
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makes dolls. The point is to make it practical and interesting to boys and girls alike.
When I was in high school I had a teacher named Mr. Wiley who let us mix things in jars and
watch the results. Sometimes they were unexpected! Such as a kind of mushroom we planted that
was poisonous and reminded us of the horror movies we all loved in those days. Mr. Wiley made
it interesting in a personal way, so that it wasn't just dry facts. And he told us the practical uses,
such as this particular kind of mushroom is used in the making of certain insect poison.
In this day and age it is important for all of us to know something about science because it affects
all aspects of our lives, but for young people it is vital. Their livelihoods and even their
lives may depend on that knowledge.
Sample "3" essay
Science is a necesary skill because it can effect each one of us, such as the making of the
hydrogen bomb or finding a cure for AIDS. It is responsable for TV, cars, and a host of other
items we take for granted. So we all depend on it and need to learn it.
The best way to teach science is to have a good textbook and also good equiptment in the
classroom. If the equiptment is poor there is no way they are going to learn it, which is why the
poorer schools are behind the richer ones and also behind other countries. Its the most important
factor in the classroom today.
Another way to teach science is through field trips and vidio-tapes. There are many tapes in the
library and every school should have a good vidio system. Also a good library is importent. And
there are many places to take the class that they would find intresting.
When I was in school I thought science was boring. I wish I had learned more about it because I
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