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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Wish I could remember the exact quote (and maybe I COULD if I'd gone to Basis!), but Einstein said the problem with education "today" is that children are expected to learn what they are told by the teacher to be true, instead of what they have discovered or concluded through their own observation and contemplation. I hope there is room for that at Basis (and there may well be - I'm not informed)!

[b]No fear, there is indeed plenty of discovery at BASIS via labs, et cetera[/b]. But the other thing to consider is that even Einstein did fact-based observation, contemplation and discovery. The toolbox for scientific discovery needs to not just consist of curiosity and exploration, it also has to have some structure and a solid grounding of knowledge - and even Einstein would surely acknowledge that.[/quote]

This is great to know! Can you give some specific examples of the types of labs BASIS has that encourage this kind of observation, contemplation, and discovery? [/quote]

I can't speak for other grades but DC has had a lot of fun labs and interactive activities at BASIS over the last couple of months, like getting up close and personal with invertebrates and arthropods, they got to examine, dissect and touch squids, octopi, crabs, worms, beetle larvae, shrimp... they have looked at microbes under the microscope, they examined plants; they've done the classic "baking soda and vinegar" reactions and will be getting into other chemical reactions as well.  They do a lot of interactive games, such as lightning rounds with a white board, playing "Jeopardy", "Last Geographer Standing" and other games; they have done word walls, illustrations, brochures and many other kinds of projects.  DC has given presentations before peers, students have served as captains helping the teacher, students have performed for other students - Suffice it to say it's definitely NOT just sitting at desks listening to a bunch of dry lectures.[/quote]

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