Since I have had twenty-two years of experience on earth, I have been able to have many experiences of science through my home life and school. All throughout my childhood, my family and I would do science experiments at home. Back then, I didn’t know that it was science but now that I am older, I understand. My family used to cook together often. We especially had a great time baking cookies, cakes, and loaves of bread. My mom would let me mess up the recipes. She would know that I was about to make a mistake and more times than not, she would let me (as long as she knew we have enough ingredients to start over). My dad and I always made play dough, slime, goop, and blubber. Those Sunday’s were the best! My sisters and I would always make …show more content…
Those two emotions normally do not mix but let me explain why. I feel worried because as stated before, science evolves. What I learned in science in elementary school might not be what the students are learning now in elementary school. With that being said, I am worried that not only am I going to have to create lesson plans based on information that I do not remember or did not learn, I’ll also need to learn new information. Of course, elementary school science information is only the basics but if they are learning about something that was never even talked about when I was going to elementary school, I’m going to need to learn it before I teach it. On the other hand, I am excited because science involves so much doing and I think that is the best way for students to learn. There can be so many experiments that the children can do. I think one of the most exciting things about science is that the class can be doing an experiment on one topic and they could mess up and create something different with their experiment. For example, If the students are making volcanos, and one student puts in baking powder instead of baking soda, it can become a teachable moment. Instead of having the students learn about why and how the baking soda reacts to the vinegar, the class can also talk about why they think the baking powder did not react the same way. Doing this can open up a whole new door for some students and get them involved and excited about science and learning. Other students that are already interested in science will help them learn even more. If time was allowed, you could even have them do data on the differences. This would be a great activity for many students to learn and