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This study investigated the elementary school students’ perception of the “purpose of scientists’ experiments” and discovered what roles teachers can take to provide guidance. The study subjects were 193 elementary school students (96 boys and 97 girls) in a school located in Gyeonggi-do. The responses were analyzed through categorization based on their gender, science test score at school, and understanding of the purposes of scientific experiments based on students’ choice of science-related future careers. The results of this study were as follows. In relation to the purpose of science experiments, the elementary school students considered intrinsic values of doing experiments more valuable than their extrinsic values. Next, 34.2% of the students answered that scientists do science experiment ‘to find a new fact’ and 26.9% of the students answered ‘to make life convenient.’ The results showed that girls responded ‘social usefulness’ more frequently than boys. Considering the achievement levels, it was found that high level students replied ‘to make life convenient’ more frequently than middle and low level students on why scientists do science experiments. Students who want to have a science-related career had varied ideas about it.

Elementary School Students' Perception about the Purpose of Scientists' Experiments