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Designing and Building to Solve a Problem: Engineering
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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…
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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…
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What Can Young Children Do as Scientists?
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “How Can We Move Water?” is to explore the idea of work as expending energy to move water, to raise the question of what force(s) move water, and to gain experience using…
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Counting a Culture of Mealworms
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Beetle Roundup” is to count, sort, and collect data, while observing the change in body form of an insect as it matures to adulthood (metamorphosis). Chapters 1 and 2 are…
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In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Exploring Magnifiers” is to introduce the hand lens or magnifier and explore its properties and to become so comfortable using magnifiers that students will use them…
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