From rote to wonder: How science edu evolved from facts to curiosity

H2O is water. CO2 is carbon dioxide. Gravity pulls everything down. Decades ago, science was often taught as a collection of facts to memorize — definitions, formulas, and rigid laws that left little room for wonder.

- RISHITA KHANNA @Bengaluru

H2O is water. CO2 is carbon dioxide. Gravity pulls everything down. Decades ago, science was often taught as a collection of facts to memorize — definitions, formulas, and rigid laws that left little room for wonder. A teacher would write equations on the blackboard, which students would copy, and the lesson would go on. But over the years, science became more about questions.