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Learning About Plants and Animals: Biological Science
This chapter focuses on learning about living organisms and how children develop this understanding by taking care of living organisms and observing, documenting, and discussing their changes as they grow. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this b...
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As children explore the properties of water, they build a foundational knowledge of a material that is important in all the areas of science. This chapter focuses on activities of water play that is so common in early childhood programs, such as in t...
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Talking about the weather is a daily opportunity to increase children’s awareness of the natural world. This chapter highlights some of the core science ideas children can investigate about weather events and includes suggested activities, such as...
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Designing and Building to Solve a Problem: Engineering
This chapter focuses on the engineering part of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) as it is often neglected in early childhood programs. Educators are seeking to change this by focusing increased attention on developing integrat...
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This chapter highlights the need to explore electronic technology for the ways that cameras, digital microscopes, sensors, tablets, and phones can add to your students’ understanding of using tools to investigate the world and document learning. Ch...
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What Can Young Children Do as Scientists?
In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Scientists at Work” is to relate students’ work to the work of “real scientists” by looking at many photographs of scientists in action. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selecti...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Melt Away!” is to learn that heating a solid can make a change in states called melting, which can be seen, felt, and measured. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1 f...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Footprint Fun” is to explore how feet differ from animal to animal and to think about how foot structure is related to animal behavior and habitat. It includes two activities, My Foot and Animal Pri...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Wheel Work” is to experience the way work is made easier with the use of wheels. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1 focuses on science inquiry and the use of “The...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Name That Object” is to practice asking questions and use reasoning along with the senses of touch and sound to discover the identity of a hidden object. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this b...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Measuring Hands” is to introduce measuring as a tool of scientists. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1 focuses on science inquiry and the use of “The Early Years�...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Pretend Rocks” is to notice the range in grain size in sedimentary rocks and think about how such rocks are formed. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1 focuses on sc...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Bird Shapes” is to identify birds common to your area by shape and color and to introduce scientific illustration. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1 focuses on sci...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Making Sun Prints” is to understand that although we can’t see the ultraviolet light part of sunlight, it can have an effect on plants, our skin, and light-sensitive chemicals. Chapters 1 and 2 ar...
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “What Do Caterpillars Eat?” is to notice the interrelatedness of the cabbage white butterfly and the Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae) family of plants. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book sel...