The Science of the Secret Garden

Scientific people are always curious and I am going to be scientific.
~ Colin, p. 189, The Secret Garden

And so are the students of Room 503.

Today, in class, we brainstormed what it meant to be a good scientist. Shout-outs came with the likes of:

Asking questions, discovering questions, discovering answers, digging deeper, failing brilliantly, persistence, hypothesizing, analyzing, experiementing, researching, wondering, being curious, determination, and many more...

This evening the students have a homework assignment: to apply the scientific method to a particular "science experiment" in The Secret Garden. I think it will be very interesting to see what each student comes up with, and also to read how they view "Magic" and the power of the mind from a scientific perspective.

Cheers,

Ms. Pitman