Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
A study by the National Research Council says that improving science education in kindergarten through eighth grade will require major changes in how science is taught in America's classrooms, as well as shifts in commonly held views of what young children know and how they learn.
National Research Council - Richard A. Duschl, Heidi A. Schweingruber and Andrew W. Shouse, 9/21/2006