Science, directly and indirectly, affects all aspects of everyday life. The food we eat, what we see, what we feel, and what comes in the way around us is science. When we start looking at all the opportunities to understand and learn from all of this, the connection between science and critical-thinking skills becomes perfectly clear.
If we talk about kids, science helps in shaping their development. As they learn to ask questions, make predictions, observe, test, and then communicate their findings, they are developing critical science skills.