Argues that there is a strong case for elementary school students having access to sophisticated and modern measuring and other science-related equipment. (Author/WRM)

In the process of selecting which science facts should be learned, the events that are selected become imbued with significance and their implicit messages with value. Contends that what is included and what is left out of science stories says much abut meaning-making at all levels of school science, and has implications for the way science is…

Raises the notion of service learning, which is defined as a method of helping students develop their own learning through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experience. Explores the use of science as the curriculum and service learning as the methodology to reach students and improve science instruction. (KHR)