Illa Podendorf is a science teacher who encourages children to work on their own
and to investigate and solve problems as scientists do. Doing experiments, like
the ones outlined in this book, not only helps children develop better concepts
but, incidentally, improves reading skill and the capacity to follow directions
intelligently. Thus children become equipped to explore the ever-expanding world
of knowledge to which science leads.
By doing the experiments in this book, children see or hear or otherwise observe
what happens in certain situations. When they learn what happens in a very small
part of the universe they acquire knowledge that helps to explain events in
a larger universe.
Doing these experiments is fun. This is a good reason to do them for children
can learn while having fun. But there is a more basic reason. Through experiments
children get first-hand knowledge that certain things do indeed take place. The
knowledge gained through experimenting, supplemented by other types of learning,
enables children to build concepts with which to interpret the world around them.

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