Our technological revolution has made it difficult for us to distinguish what is living and what is nonliving because something that is nonliving can be used to show something living. Before we had modern technology students could plant seeds and watch them grow in the classroom, they could have an earthworm tank, or eve dissect a frog. With our modern technology they don’t have to do that anymore they can just go on the computer and watch a video of it being done and have it be completely virtual. When a person is in the situation first hand they might not be able to tell the difference between living and non living because they always watch it over a screen.
In my area I have a lot of wild flowers. We have wild tiger lilies and sunflowers. I could dig some up and plant them in a flowerpot to bring in. I would encourage the students to think about how the flowers got there. What made them wild? How do my neighbors flowers end up in my garden?
I think if a student is intrigued by something at a younger age it will stick with them as they get older and they would want to learn more about it. Inquiry based explorations has the students asking questions and by allowing the child to explore their own questions to come up with their own answers will have the students wanting to learn more.
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