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Investigating water with Early Childhood educators
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“At what age can a child begin science learning?” asked one participant at an early childhood education workshop on investigating the properties of water in a fun, scientific way using observation, documentation and…
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Exploring the properties of liquid, and solid, water
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Photo by Em Parkinson. Exploring ice is an activity that children find interesting all year round. I remember the thin sheets of ice that would form in winter at what was usually the surface of a puddle in the…
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If you focus science explorations in your classroom on a yearly theme, consider water play/study. Carol M. Gross of Lehman College describes the many, many aspects to water play/study and connections to social learning…
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Eye Protection and Safer Practices FAQ
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Eye Protection and Safer Practices FAQ What is My Obligation? Science teachers are obligated to provide students with the safest and most appropriate eye protection for the task that they are being asked to perform. School boards as the employer are required to purchase and teachers as employees to…
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Chemistry Now, week 1: chemistry of water
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In celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch “Chemistry Now,” a weekly, online, video series that uncovers and explains…
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Online Courses: AMNH Seminars on Science: Water
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Environmental Science Who owns water? Explore the relationship between our most precious natural resource and ourselves. Investigate the way water shapes our planet on every level, from the chemical properties of the…
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How Can We Keep Our Vegetables Watered?
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How Do We Get Drinking Water From Fog?
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Moving water involves using the practices of science and engineering
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Sometimes the discovery of materials on a play area inspires children’s exploration and use of the NGSS science and engineering practices. In this example a long length of bark from a tree branch became a trough…
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Water play…exploration…science inquiry
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Water explorations are a popular in early childhood programs during the summer. Exuberant water explorations can happen outdoors. The experience of wetness is enjoyable and clothes that get wet accidentally can dry on…
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