[Seamoth]

Ah, but creationism is NOT taught in public schools, yet. People pick it up outside of school, because their own public school science education is so inadequate that it can be mowed down by creationist strawmen.

One way to remedy this situation would be to teach the sciences in proper order: first physics, then chemistry, then biology. In many schools biology is the only required "science"... parentheses added because only a caricature of biology (basically environmentalist scaremongering and an overly simplistic version of evolution) can be taught without a physics or chemistry background.

[From many - one.]

I semi-agree.

Basic physics should be started in first grade.

Anyone here feel free to steal this idea: a physics playground where the seesaws are designed with seats at varying distances from the fulcrum, slides have varying angles, swings have markers to show pendulum effects etc.

But biological sciences need to start early too. It's a different kind of thinking...which is an unexplored reason why it is so hard to teach the "bio-logic" behind evolution.

Chemistry is magic until kids are older, say 10 or 12.

[DoctorMichael]

".......yet........"

[Involuntary Shudder]

".........proper order..........environmentalist scaremongering........."

I agree with both your 'order' and 'critique'.

[Lessismore]

One way to remedy this situation would be to teach the sciences in proper order: first physics, then chemistry, then biology.

That would be the proper order. But math education is so pitiful that you can't teach physics first.