Science is knowledge. (Zeynep)
Science is the most improved and the most accurate knowledge about every subject. (Zehra)
The children who indicated only the process of science (5) used such concepts as inquiry, experiment, and observation in their definitions of science. Inquiry (5) was stated by all children in this group and then followed by experiment (3), observation (2), and investigation (2). These were grouped under experimental processes, because these are scientific processes applied in doing science. It was noticed that children were aware of that science is done by inquiry and experiment, but they could not further articulate what inquiry is or why experiments are done. The researchers inferred that they used these processes as general terms rather