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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is not very fond of academics in general but loves science, so I'm looking forward to her getting to spend more time on that so school feels a little less boring to her.  She's in 2nd grade this year and it looks like she'll only have 1.5 hours a week that'll be split between science, social studies, and health, so very little time on science again this year.  When might we expect this to increase, and by how much?  Are there countywide guidelines for this or is it up to the individual school?  How much time do your elementary school students spend on science?  [/quote]

Our school had a science fair. We just did a kitchen science project.  We just taught our 8-year-old how salted water changes the boiling temperature of water. Through experiments, they learned how to make measurements, write down results, test hypotheses, and look up what heat capacity is. They also learned how to make a bar charts and how to communicate the results. It is so much fun. If I am home schooling my kid, I would do one such experiment  per week. I do not understand why this can't happen at school. [/quote]

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