Chapter 10: Should I Keep My Lucky Socks?

For a team of middle school teachers, letting go of the control in the classroom was the biggest challenge of engaging students in scientific practices.

"I was amazed! Never again will I doubt my student’s abilities to think at a higher level when given the opportunity."

"We had to trust that our students were going to learn. And learn they did! They learned how to work together to get the information they needed. They learned how to listen open-mindedly to others with different opinions. They learned how to ask each other deeper and more meaningful questions. They learned how to apply the scientific inquiry process with each other to the questions they asked. Lastly, our students learned the importance of achieving ethical and reliable results."

"We discovered that our students’ hard work and perseverance takes the place of lucky socks any day."