Primary Science Matters -2010 Day 3 – Session 9 As smooth as silk – one approach

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(Q1) What have you done (tried), or learnt from this experience? As smooth as silk The story of silkworms in my classroom I decided to go with silkworms as a context for open ended science investigations without really knowing where this would go A chance conversation between students provided a glimpse of very narrow views of science ‘science’ = ‘just experiments’ Students thought they only ever did science during ‘Science Week ’