He believed that if you want to understand something, you have to keep asking "Why?" until you find the answer.
His father was a doctor for a king, which is likely why Aristotle loved science so much.
When he was 17, he went to Athens to study with another famous thinker named Plato at a school called the Academy. What did he do?
Aristotle loved to walk while he taught. His students were called "Peripatetics," which basically means "the people who walk around".
Later in life, he opened his own school in Athens called the Lyceum . Fun Facts for Your Class
Aristotle didn't just read books; he went outside to observe nature. He was the first person to group animals into categories (like those with blood and those without), which is how we still study biology today.
He wrote over 200 books (though many are lost now) on topics like music, theater, math, and even how to be a good person.