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PNC-Grow Up Great Year 2

PNC-Grow Up Great Year 2. Science Education Project JCCEO Head Start Program 2013-2014 McWane Science Center Childcare Resources PNC Bank. Family Night At West Center Street Center. Office staff greet families as they arrive for the event. Can You Balance a Ruler?

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PNC-Grow Up Great Year 2

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  1. PNC-Grow Up GreatYear 2 Science Education Project JCCEO Head Start Program 2013-2014 McWane Science Center Childcare Resources PNC Bank

  2. Family Night At West Center Street Center Office staff greet families as they arrive for the event.

  3. Can You Balance a Ruler? Children explored how to balance a ruler on a single cylinder. Each ruler had a different weight. Teachers praised success! Family Night At West Center Street Center

  4. Family Night At West Center Street Center Can You Balance the Ruler?

  5. All In One Puzzles Children and families piece together sequence puzzles. Puzzles depicted the growth processes of wild animals. Family Night At West Center Street Center

  6. Crayon Rubbings Various science stencils of nature objects, animals, and science tools. Children and parents explored with pleasure as they rubbed the stencils on paper to create a picture. Family Night At West Center Street Center

  7. Live Animal Exhibit Children, parents, and staff observed and petted live baby animals including this scaly reptile. Family Night At West Center Street Center

  8. Can You Complete the Life Cycle? Child pieces together puzzle picture showing the life cycle of a bird. Family Night At West Center Street Center

  9. Teacher guides the little girl as she puts together a puzzle picture of an insect’s life cycle. Family Night At West Center Street Center

  10. Family Night At Calloway Center

  11. Family Night At Calloway Center

  12. Family Night At Calloway Center

  13. Planetarium Pictures Year 1 & 2 As an added bonus in the Grow Up Great Project, Head Start children were able to experience the stars and outer space in a mobile planetarium sponsored by PNC Bank.

  14. It’s kinda’ dark in there!

  15. Star gazing in the planetarium

  16. PNC Planetarium at St. Francis Center

  17. Children and teachers from Lipscomb Center enjoyed the experience.

  18. The planetarium experience generated a lot of questions!

  19. …and more questions!

  20. Souvenir stickers and booklets from the mobile planetarium visit

  21. Children hated to leave the planetarium.

  22. Stars and planets all around!

  23. …and more questions!

  24. A great experience!

  25. The PNC bus transported the planetarium from center to center

  26. Field Trip!!!! Children visit the McWane Science Center several times during the year to play with the exhibits.

  27. At McWane Center

  28. At McWane Center

  29. At McWane Center

  30. Discovery Activities Teachers received materials to implement experiments in their classrooms. Trainers from McWane Science Center and Childcare Resources introduced the activities to teachers during professional development workshops, & gave teachers an opportunity to play with the materials before presenting them to the children.

  31. Ms. Wilson at Calloway Center learned to make ‘oobleck’ during a training exercise with Childcare Resources. Professional Development At Calloway Center

  32. Teaching staff learned how to teach children about the layers of the earth using a hands-on activity with apples.

  33. Teachers learned how to create a simple geyser using funnels and baking soda to teach children how geysers, such as Old Faithful, erupt.

  34. Teachers learned how to estimate the age of a tree by counting its rings.

  35. Teaching staff explored bugs and learned useful ways to make bugs fun for children.

  36. Teachers explored how different items absorb water so that they could share their discoveries with the class.

  37. Teaching staff learned a fun way to help children understand which items will sink and which items will float.

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