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Many people are willing to talk around a definition but few are giving an
alternative of their own. Here's mine: "Science is the process of trying to
get reliable answers to questions about the world within you and without
you." (Apologies to George Harrison, RIP). That one is probably for people a
bit older than first graders. For them it might be, "Science is playing
around with stuff and seeing what happens."

Phil Edgerton
Exhibits Technician
The Health Adventure
Asheville, NC 28801

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