The other night I gave a presentation to parents about our elementary school science curriculum. Since it summarizes both our program at ASD and some of my own philosophy about science teaching, I though I would share it here.
As John mentioned, it’s ironic to lecture parents about inquiry learning, but I’ve yet to come up with a better idea short of installing Big Brother cameras in my classroom or holding a “Bring Your Parent to School” day… so I’d love to hear other approaches on this.
My name is Nick Mitchell, and I love the art and science of teaching.
The Scientific Teacher 
Nick,
Just finished watching your presentation. I love the way you describe the scientific method, and think the idea of take home experiments for parents to do with their children is awesome. When my daughter is older, I hope she has a science teacher like you.