…said by a 3rd grade student after being told by me that the FBI eats all the dead birds and squirrels on the roads and highways - of course I was thinking of the fungus, bacteria and invertebraes as the decomposers, he was thinking of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; nothing like cognitive dissonance to bring attention to what one is facilitating with students. There were quizzical looks by other students as they devoured (so to speak) the context of what was being disseminated. And so it is fun science facts shared with students that seems to instill a temporary feeling of disbelief eventually morphing into awe and wonder as the science understanding unfolds.
Throughout the day of instruction most of the students acquiesced to the doctrines of science and the real world; that world in which we all drink the same water the dinosaurs drank some millions of years ago, the same water that flushes out of our households daily into Earths’ rivers. This is the water locked in the biosphere and recycled by nature for our continued existence.
Please note that I’m not trying to trick anyone, this is for real.