Not correct.
re-post of #188
to discostu
You've just reinforced all my own prejudices.
No science before college.
But, also, no graduating college without 4 years.
K-12 teach concrete stuff like anatomy, maybe some "isn't nature neat" but stay away from biology and chemistry as science. Maybe some simple mechanics from physics.
Don't get me started, I can spew forever on this.
It takes rather a stretch of the imagination to find "no mention of atoms until college"
I have, in another post, specifically stated that scientific _data_ may be taught, as opposed to science.
I do not like to be misrepresented and am done for the evening.
I think your "No science" would rule out the teaching of the atom. I see no qualifiers that would take exception to this. You NEW qualifier is not applicable. The "atom" is not scientific data but a scientific concept. You know, a model, science.