Interview Five Children

This week I got the opportunity to interview five children between the ages of eight and nine. I interviewed three girls and 2 boys. Was a girl age 8, to protect her identity she will be referred to as child one. She believes that science is based on experiments and Building Things. When I asked her about where she could learn science outside of school, she mentioned that you could learn about it home with science things and tools. She is very interested in how to build things. The picture that she Drew was of her teacher wearing a lab coat.(personal communication) The second child I interviewed was also a girl age 8. She believed that science is experiments, learning, and making things that were never before made. She mentioned that scientists are people who make new things. When asked about where she can learn science outside of school, she mentioned that you can learn it at home on the internet or at the library in a book. She wants to learn about how people built things a long time ago. Specifically, she wants to know how they built the School. Your picture was of a scientist wearing safety goggles with a exploding beaker.(child 2 personal communication) Child 3 was a female who is 9 years old. She believes that science is experiment and making cars. When asked who are scientists she …show more content…
When asked about what is science he mentioned that there was different types of science. He specifically mentioned engineering and how Engineers fix problems like Bridges. When asked who are scientist he said scientists are people who take part in science. When I asked him where he could learn about science he says he learns about science in science videos at home. He meant watches physics, chemistry, and biology videos. He wants to learn specifically about physics because he says physics is gravity force. His drawing was of a scientist trying to figure out what element reacts with what is in the beaker. (child 5 personal