If you have an older student who is doing science, you probably are dealing with labs and the, shall we say mess?

Yeah, there's some mess involved.

But you might be thinking what's the point of making that mess, of doing those labs?

Is it even necessary?

Today we're going to discuss all things related to science labs with Karen Smith.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. Joining me today is Karen Smith.

Karen, I'm glad you're here to discuss this topic.

We get questions about it a lot.

I've questioned it as my kids were going through middle school and high school.

So here's the topic.

Science labs.

Whenever I ask people, do I have to do these? Why do I have to do these? Usually the only answer I get is, well, for graduation, for credits. You have to include them for credits. Can we get past that? Can you give me other reasons? Especially if my child's not going to college or is not going

to pursue a science career? Why do science labs? Well, first off, they're fun. I know they're not

fun for a lot of people because they're not comfortable with science.

Yes.

But they are fun and they're well worth the time, the mess, and the expense for your children

to do them.

So let's talk about some of the reasons besides college transcripts and that type of stuff.

Yes, yeah, please do.

What are some other reasons that science labs should be done?

Doing the science labs gives your child a hands-on way to relate to what they are reading in their science books.

That's a very important thing.

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