The Association For Computing Machinery (ACM) adopted a Canon of Ethics which reminds members that they must identify when they are expressing an opinion not supported by formal training or working experience. 

My daughter had to constantly correct her grade 7 math teacher, while winning the Regional Gauss Math Test Gold Medal for 3 years in succession. 

Being a Science teacher does not necessarily mean that you have a science degree or training. It may just mean that you are trying to teach by rote, using the course and curriculum materials provided to you.

My daughter ended up with an excellent Senior Secondary Physics Teacher. Her older brother had a different teacher earlier in the same school and told us that it seemed as though his Physics teacher didn't understand the material he was teaching. We had to bite our tongues and give him the benefit of our High School and University level Physics training to overcome his teacher's subject knowledge deficit. -)