%K science education, inquiry-based learning, gender equlity, Early Years Science %T The Journal of Emergent Science 13 %C Uk %D 2017 %V 13 %O This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. %J The Journal of Emergent Science %L discovery10160921 %E Amanda McCrory %E Suzanne Gatt %I Association of Science Education %X The feature articles in this issue explore the provision for scientific enquiry in primary schools, teachers’ perceptions of inquiry-based education and the implications for gender equality and how natural inquiry leads children to formulate their own ideas and explanations e.g. when asked "What's inside a crab".