Kids endorse science course in Scottsdale schools
Third grader Nicole Brown praises hands-on science as Scottsdale School District adopts a five year elementary science program emphasizing experiments over textbook study. Eldon Ault notes learning by doing improves retention while Norman White cites costs of about 159000 for five years with annual supply renewals. Linda Roddy reports students progress toward scientific method as seventh graders perform experiments from bacterial isolation to genetic traits in fruit flies and maze learning in mice.