I was a chemistry major in college!

But when I became an elementary school teacher, I was sorely disappointed to learn that the pri Science curriculum hardly covers chemistry. Mostly Physics (Physical Science) and Biology (Life Sciences). I think it’s because Chemistry is too abstract for the typical primary school kid. Take today for instance. I wanted to explain how the water molecules in ice need to gain heat to break the intermolecular forces between them. But I knew it would fly over my students’ heads. So I used phrases like break chains haha