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What Is Science?
Science is not just a collection of facts. Of course, facts are an important
part of science: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0 degrees
Celsius), and the earth moves around the sun. But science is much, much
more. Science involves: 

★ Observing what’s happening;                                                         
★ Classifying or organizing information;
★ Predicting what will happen;
★ Testing predictions under controlled
conditions to see if they are correct; and
★ Drawing conclusions.
Science involves trial and error—trying, failing
and trying again. Science doesn’t provide all the answers. It requires us to
be skeptical so that our scientific “conclusions” can be modified or
changed altogether as we make new discoveries.

Children Have Their Own “Scientific Concepts”
Very young children can come up with many interesting explanations to
make sense of the world around them. When asked about the shape of
the earth, for example, some will explain that the earth has to be flat
because, if it were round like a ball, people and things would fall off it.
Presented with a globe and told that this is the true shape of the earth,
these children may adapt their explanation by saying that the earth is
hollow and that people live on flat ground inside it.

Helping Your Child Learn Science, U.S. Department of Education Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, Washington, D.C., 2004.