Teaching Elementary Science Using History as a Guide

In this seminar, Dr. Jay L. Wile discusses a different method for teaching science in the elementary years: covering science topics chronologically.  Science was learned in a definite, chronological sequence as early scientists developed ideas that were tested and improved by later scientists.  When science is taught this way, students cover a wide range of topics each year and then revisit many of them as they were improved by later scientists. The student learns the topic in the context of a new scientist and his improvements on the idea.  This produces high levels of recall and is more interesting to the students.  It also gives students a more realistic view of how science is done in the real world.