[Quark2005]

This may seem heretical but I'm actually not all that much in favor of teaching science in elementary school. All too often, no, make that almost always, "science" is taught as a bunch of dry, boring facts to be memorized.

The magic goes away.

I understand your point - I was lucky enough to have some good teachers at that age that totally mesmerized me with science, though; shaped the future path of my career. Kids that age might be better serviced by a specialist science teacher who floats from classroom to classroom, showing up a few times a week to really show kids the "interesting" side of science with experiments, etc. (Such things cost $$, though, unfortunately...)

[From many - one.]

Consider yourself unbelievably fortunate. Good science teachers are a real rarity.

I got my love of science from home and science fiction.