To challenge your child’s mind can be difficult at the best of times. During the pandemic, these are not the best of times. So, if we have the time to, how can you challenge your child’s mind in the midst of lockdown?
Logic puzzles are a powerful way to train your brain to sharpen your inductive and deductive reasoning skills. If you are a student of science, both of these skills are vital in research and working with the scientific method. Both of these reasoning skills are also used daily navigating life and all of the potential choices of action required.
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Using the scientific method is essential for kids to learn about the world around them. Kids love playing. Most kinds of play involve making guesses, trying to see if those guesses are right and trying again if you fail. Playing is science. Try 2 easy experiments you can do with your kids that are fun and help them understand the scientific method.
Encouraging girls in science is so important in today’s world. Both at home and in school, girls need to know that science is worth the extra work. It is a fun, worthwhile pursuit that they are perfectly capable of accomplishing as well as and often better that their male counterparts.
It is important to find great resources to get your child into science. Online education is booming. Check out these great science resources. There are affiliate links in this post but are resources I highly recommend. I may receive compensation if you click the link.
Science is a unique and difficult subject to manage well. There are a number of critical problems faced by science teachers. Passion and training in the subject are key to overcoming these difficulties.
There are many exciting jobs which require science qualifications. Many science jobs are even in such hot demand that they are projected to grow significantly in the next few years.
Scientific discovery is necessary for our survival. Climate change is fueling pandemics, species and habitat loss, weather catastrophes and more. We need to boost our science programs in the younger grades to get more kids entering STEM post secondary programs. Our survival depends on it.
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Check out this page KiwiCo is making available to parents during the Covid 19 pandemic. If your kids are missing school or you’d love to help them with some cool science to keep busy, check out this page, At-Home Resources for Kids (and their grownups). There are lots of free science activities to keep the kiddos busy.
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