What do you think should be left out and what should be included in the science curriculum?

For example, i think for chemistry its unnecessary for them to get really technical about spdf orbitals, since most high school material can be explained with the octet rule. Im not saying that it shouldn’t be taught, what i mean is that time is finite and most of them that will go on a science profesional career will be taught that in college.

Also, in biology its unnecessary to get really deep about chemical processes like atp synthesis and similar processes.

On the other side, i think it should be taught the biology of human behavior. There is a course about it online on Stanford by Robert Sapolsky that tries to explain why humans behave based purely on biology (not psychology or sociology) comparing it to other animals. Talks about cooperation, beauty, war, game theory and lots of other components of human society explained by our biology instead of psychological or cultural aspects. Its really interesting and might make students see the world differently.

Submitted 2026-09-07T14:41:22Z by ElArteDePararte https://ift.tt/UN4szBO