The classical Lutheran education science curriculum should be designed to pique the children’s natural curiosity and to channel it along constructive lines with an efficient use of time and resources. Four basic science groups (biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics) are studied in such a way that the math and reading skills which students have acquired independently are joined in the science curriculum to hands-on activities and observations according to their appropriate age levels. In addition, history and literature (biographical sketches of scientists and their discoveries) are used to provide a human perspective, so that the study of science does not lapse into scientism, a cold, mechanical outlook on reality.