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Growing Seeds and Scientists

Science and Children—September 2009

How do young children develop their ideas about science and scientists’ work in their first year of school? How do we teach them to believe they are real scientists? In this article, the authors—a university science educator, a kindergarten teacher, and a Penn State University teaching intern—share their inquiry into these questions in a kindergarten classroom during an exciting, six-week unit on seeds.
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