Did You Really Prove It?

The article focuses on the effort of a science teacher in implementing teaching methods for students to have a better understanding of the nature of science. Learning that combining concepts with the nature of science enhances students' apprehension of the historical and scientific principles, she devised a plan to help students better understand these notions. She chose several age-appropriate characteristics of the nature of science to integrate into her instruction .Moreover, she had implemented strategies into her lessons to help have a better understanding of the subject. Reading and discussing historical stories illustrating the characteristics of the nature of science is one of the strategies she applied. Another is that she reviewed concepts using a "question of the day" scheme.