All Book Chapters
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Sound: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
This activity focuses on exploring, comparing, and identifying sounds. Ask children to close their eyes and focus on their sense of hearing while maki...
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This activity takes the children on a sound walk around the school grounds or surrounding neighborhood to listen for different sounds. The children sh...
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This activity explores sound and vibrations using rulers. Children are asked to observe and describe how the ruler moves or “vibrates” as it makes...
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This activity is about reusing materials to make sounds. In the activity, children use their used cups and paper towels to make a noise maker that res...
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This activity focuses on identifying various materials by touch. The activity encourages children to touch and hold the various materials as they make...
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This activity uses the sense of touch to match objects. In the activity, each group of students is given a matching set of materials to observe and de...
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This activity is for observing that wind can make objects move. In the activity, children take a walk around the school grounds on a breezy day to loo...
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This activity is for discovering what makes streamers move. On a breezy day, give each child a small stick with a streamer attached. Let children expl...
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This activity is for testing how different speeds of wind make objects move. In the activity, students hold their streamers in front of an electric fa...
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This activity involves playing with a parachute to make discoveries about air. It is always a favorite activity as most children enjoy hiding under th...
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This activity is for observing shadows and how they change. Take children outside on a sunny day and ask them to look at the ground next to where they...
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This activity is for observing that different objects make shadows of different shapes and sizes. Ask students to find the object that is making a sha...
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This activity focuses on discovering that on cloudy days, there may not be enough sunlight to cause shadows. If the clouds are intermittent, the shado...
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What Is the Weather Like Today?
This activity focuses on observing and naming different kinds of weather. In the activity, children go outside to determine the weather. Back inside t...
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The focus of this activity is on helping children begin to see that tracks and traces can tell stories about things that have not been seen. Let child...