Maria Montessori, the twentieth century educator believed that all children behave like “little scientists” in that they are eager to observe and make “what if” discoveries about their world. This continues to remain true in the digital world of the twenty-first century. We see it continuously throughout our day in the studio. Why does a child pouring sand through a funnel into a tube lift it when no more sand will go through? Why does a child experiment by pushing a car up an incline and then watch it descend? By doing these actions the children, as they interact with their environment, are naturally and unconsciously absorbing the logic and beauty of physical science and are behaving as scientists.
