The phrase “history and philosophy of science” (HPS) has been used to describe the interplay of disciplines that inform science education about the character of science itself. However, a more encompassing phrase to describe the scientific enterprise for science education is the “nature of science” (NOS). The nature of science is a fertile hybrid arena which blends aspects of various social studies of science including the history, sociology, and philosophy of science combined with research from the cognitive sciences such as psychology into a rich description of what science is, how it works, how scientists operate as a social group and how society itself both directs and reacts to scientific endeavors. The intersection of the various social studies of science is where the richest view of science is revealed for those who have but a single opportunity to take in the scenery.