Childrenarenaturalscientists,veryinterestedintheworldaroundthem.Helpingthemenjoysciencecanbeeasy; there'snoneedforalotofscientificterms(科学术语)ormodernlabs.Youonlyhavetoshareyourchildren'sinterests.
Firstly,listentotheirquestions.Ioncevisitedaclassroomofseven-year-oldchildrentotalkaboutscienceasajob.Thechildrenaskedme"textbookquestions"aboutschooling,themoneyIgotandwhetherIlikedmyjob.WhenIfinishedanswering,wesatfacingeachothersilently.FinallyIsaid,"Nowthatwe'vefinishedwithyourlists,doyouhavequestionsofyourownaboutscience?"
Afteralongwait,aboyputuphishand,"Haveyoueverseenagrasshopper(蚱蜢) eat?WhenItryeatingleaveslikethat,Igetastomachache.Why?"Thisbeganalotofquestionsthatlastednearlytwohours.
Secondly,givethemtimetothink.Studiesoverthepast30yearshaveshownthat,afteraskingaquestion,manyteachersusuallywaitonlyonesecondorlessforananswer,notimeforachildtothink.Whenteachersincreasetheir"waittime"tothreesecondsormore,childrengivebetteranswers.
Butintalkingaboutscience,thesewordsmakeachildthinkthatthediscussionisover.Instead,keepthingsgoingbysaying,"That'sinteresting"or"I'veneverthoughtofitthatwaybefore",orcomingupwithmorequestionsorideas.
Lastly,show; don'ttell.Letchildrenlookattheirhandsthroughamicroscope(显微镜),andthey'llunderstandwhyyouwantthemtowashbeforedinner….
36.Tohelpchildrenenjoyscience,themostimportantthingforteacherstodois___.
A.letthemseetheworldaround
B.letthemstudyinmodernlabs
C.tellthemthedifficulttermsonscience
D.sharethechildren'sinterests
37.Inthelastsentenceofthesecondparagraph,thewords"yourlists"mean___.
A.youranswerstothequestions
B.yourownquestionsaboutscience
C.yourquestionsfromtextbooks
D.allthequestionsofyourown
38.Accordingtothepassage,childrencangivebetteranswerstothequestionsifteachers___.
A.askthemtoanswerquickly
B.wa