K-5++Earth+in+the+Universe

K-5 Earth in the Universe

Marianne Coale Community School of Davidson mcoale@csdnc.org Kendra Carroll Stokes County kendra.carroll@stokes.k12.nc.us Patricia Boehm Davidson County pboehm@davidson.k12.nc.us

The quote, " Career and College: Ready, Set, Go!" came from the Race to the Top initiative.

"Science is built of facts the way a house is built of brick; But...an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house." Science is a process that needs to have progression. Each "fact" needs to build upon the other to come up with an end product or result. You cannot have a clear understanding with random facts about a topic.

We discussed a student needs to understand how a seed develops, the process of photosynthesis, environmental and life sciences in order to understand the seed to plant process.