Learning science and "doing" science are two different things, said Dr. Cordell Perkes, dean of the Masters of Education Program, Weber State University.
To help schoolchildren into the doing element of science, he has initiated a program involving university students and children at T.O. Smith Elementary School.WSU student teachers hold science classes in the elementary school media center, then invite the small students to delve more into the concepts through hands-on experiments. Last year, a science night at the school involved 70 percent of the Smith students.
WSU hopes to expand the program to involve other elementary schools, Perkes said.