¹     "Good morning, class," said Mrs. Kim.
 
²     "Good morning, Mrs. Kim," the class said together.
 
³     "Would all the scientists in this class please raise their hands?" Mrs. Kim continued.
 
⁴     The boys and girls looked at each other. No one held up a hand. Finally, Jessie waved his fingers.
 
⁵     "I'm not a scientist, Mrs. Kim. I'm just a kid," he said.
 
⁶     "Are you sure you aren't a scientist?" the teacher asked. "Let's take a test to find out."
 
⁷     "Oh, no," groaned the class, "not a test."
 
⁸     "I am going to guess that we have a lot of scientists in this class," laughed Mrs. Kim. "Let's find out."
 
⁹     "I think you are wrong," said Sarah. "We don't have the equipment or labs a scientist uses."
 
¹⁰     "Do any of you have questions about nature?" continued Mrs. Kim. "Matt, how about you?"
 
¹¹     "What makes one of the plants on the window ledge grow faster than the others?" Matt asked.
 
¹²     "Very good," said Mrs. Kim. "Does anyone have an idea that might answer this question?"
 
¹³     "I think one plant is growing faster because Tim waters it and forgets the other one," decided Joey.
 
¹⁴     "Do you all agree with this answer?" asked Mrs. Kim.

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