Science Education Requires Hands on Experience

The educational ranking of the United States has economists concerned about the future. Science is one subject that requires hands on experience to engage its students from K-12. Science education can encompass physical science, earth, space and life science. A child who expresses a desire to know how something works or what something is made of opens the door for a teacher and parent to introduce the sciences.
Science can be fun for kids to learn because it takes them from the book to the activity and offers them a chance to become intimately involved in their education. Teachers need resources available to help them provide interesting projects and lessons to their students at any age or level.
In a national movement to improve science education in America, President Barack Obama supports teaching children to be inventors instead of consumers. He believes the strength of the country depends on turning out skilled new leaders in the sciences.
National Lab Network is an organization that supports teachers who are teaching science to students. This organization employs the help of community leaders who also have an interest in assuring an education in sciences for students. NLN began by proclaiming May 12, 2010 as the first National Lab Day. The interest rose to the extent that they created the network to encompass teachers and community volunteers who care about the education of science in schools. This resource provides a solution to teachers who want to teach more and offer more hands on experience to their students than school resources allow.
Government, corporate and community leaders support NLN and organizations like it because they know the important of nurturing science in the lives of the country’s youth. If these talents are not encouraged, leaders fear the decline of the country is imminent due to the loss of the skills that we have long been known to excel in.