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Britain’s prestigious Royal Society accepted for review a report on bees produced by a group of elementary school children. The Societ subsequently published it in Biology Letters, complete with the children’s hand drawings.
Eight-Year-Old Scientists
The eight to ten year olds investigated the way bumblebees see colors and patterns, training the bees to go to different color targets by rewarding them with sugar. They discovered that bees were able to learn and remember cues based on color and pattern. Royal Society members found that the children’s assessment represented a “genuine advance” in the field of insect color and pattern vision.
As Good as the Grownups
Scientists who reviewed the youngsters’ study reported that it was clever, correctly designed, and though modest, comparable to studies conducted by highly trained researchers.
While children are routinely dismissed and even bemoaned for the lack of intellectual curiosity and drive these days, it’s apparent that such generalizations aren’t necessarily true. At all.
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+ add your ownWell done, children! Bravo!
Well done, children! Hooray!
There should have been a second half to the poll and it should have read: "If you voted "Yes!" to the previuos question, SHOULD American schoolkids perform a similar experiment?" I would have answered YES! again.
As a retired elementary schoolteacher, this makes me so proud! Young children are often the most observant and the most non-stereotypical thinkers out there! Bravo to their teacher(s) for allowing and encouraging this effort! Also, I would like to thank one of the commenters who mentioned the "cookie cutter" mentality of "No Child Left Behind" facilitators:we need to strike a balance between standardized and homogeneous test-oriented curriculum and individualized, heterogeneous, and dynamic child-based learning activities. Bravo!to both students and their adult coordinators.
As a retired elementary schoolteacher, this makes me so proud! Young children are often the most observant and the most non-stereotypical thinkers out there! Bravo to their teacher(s) for allowing and encouraging this effort! Also, I would like to thank one of the commenters who mentioned the "cookie cutter" mentality of "No Child Left Behind" facilitators:we need to strike a balance between standardized and homogeneous test-oriented curriculum and individualized, heterogeneous, and dynamic child-based learning activities. Bravo!to both students and their adult coordinators.
Michelle, thank you so much for your comment!
What you write, hits the mark precisely. Too many people don't care a dime, ore they pass by and only say: "It is like it is", without thinking, what all of mankind must contribute to the necessary healing.
Excellent! Natural sciences are far too much neglected, because they cannot be done without exact thinking.
Henry Ford says:
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."
How true! But engagement in natural sciences is so necessary for the understanding of the threat to our earth and of the chances to heal it.
Of course, particularly here science must meet with empathy and love to all who live on this planet together with us humans!
The children must be proud of their accomplishment.
One must also congratulatae the magazine for publishing the children's findings. They could hardly have received a better form of encouragement.
Noted!!
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