What is science?

Last week students explored the meaning of science. As they were working, one of my wonderful student assistants, Tiffany, made these observations:

First period students work together to illustrate their definition of science.

"This week my class did a project on what they thought science was. Students had to draw pictures to represent what they thought science meant to them.  They drew on posters the size of a regular sheet of paper. The students had the chance to work in a group of 5 or less. At times they got a little carried away and got a little loud, but I thought it was great to see the enthusiasm that they have.  As I went around the room, it looked like they all had a lot of fun doing this project." -Tiffany


All of the student posters have now been uploaded to Facebook. There were many different ideas about what science really is, and what scientist do. Overall the students seem to be very excited about exploring the world around them.