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Science Curriculum

Science Curriculum. Teaching Science Concepts in the Preschool Classroom. What is Science?. Science is “the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation”. How would you define “science” for a preschool child?.

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Science Curriculum

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  1. Science Curriculum Teaching Science Concepts in the Preschool Classroom

  2. What is Science? • Science is “the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation”. • How would you define “science” for a preschool child?

  3. Why Teach Science to Preschoolers? • Helps children understand their world • Enhances curiosity • Helps with classification skills • Builds vocabulary • Develops math skills such as sets, sorting, color, shape, temperature, size etc. • Helps children understand and explore their 5 senses • Helps children learn to problem solve • Helps children learn to predict results of events

  4. Planning Science Activities • Foster spontaneous science activities • Prepare materials ahead of time • Be prepared for a mess • Use the outdoors as a science classroom • Use a variety of materials: objects from nature, art materials, measuring instruments, items children have collected from outside, recycled objects, food items and tools and etcetera

  5. Scientific Exploration Through science activities children should learn: • To observe objects using five senses • Draw conclusions based on past experiences • Classify objects based on observable properties • Compare sets by measuring and counting • Communicate with others about the observable qualities of objects and their experiences

  6. Science Concepts for PreschoolersThe 5 Senses • Touch: objects have different textures • Smell: objects can be named by their scent • Seeing: visual memory skills, classify by sight • Hearing: world is full of different sounds • Taste: categorize foods by their flavor • Activity Ideas???

  7. Science Concepts for Preschoolers Color, Water, and Air • Color: helps children describe the natural world • Water: flows (gravity), dissolves foods, makes things wet, fills any shape container, float/sink, is absorbed by some things, can turn into ice or steam • Air: air takes up space, wind makes things move, weather affects air movement • Activity Ideas???

  8. Science Concepts for PreschoolersMagnets, Food, and the Human Body • Magnets: magnets only push or pull objects with iron in them, magnets can be weak or strong • Food: changes in physical properties occur during cooking, following a recipe matters, 5 senses • Human Body: people grow and change, people look different and similar • Activity Ideas???

  9. Science Concepts for PreschoolersAnimals, Nature, and Gardening • Animals: have certain needs for survival, live in different environments, wild vs. domestic, different body coverings, move in different ways, pets require care • Nature: conservation of resources,diversity of species, backyard ecosystem, weather, recycling, global connections • Gardening: understand the process by which plants grow fromseeds, seeds can be eaten, plants need care to survive, growth takes time, plants are different & similar • Activity Ideas???

  10. Science Concepts for PreschoolersSimple Machines • Wheels: wheels are round and roll, they turn on an axis, machines have wheels, they make moving things easy • Pulley: Wheel with a rope on it that makes it easier to lift things • Inclined plane: flat surface makes it easier to push heavy objects up or down • Screw: an inclined plane wrapped around a sphere that makes it easier to connect things • Wedge: can be used to push things apart • Lever: the long arm makes it easy to pull things our or push them up • Activity Ideas???

  11. Science Activity Ideas • We will be making a science activity resource book. • Everyone will make their own page for the book. • Will be a graded activity and will be worth 30 points. We will complete this on Wednesdays in class. • Example and blank form are in Mrs. Krebs’ Passouts folder. • You will type on the document called “Science Activities for Preschool Children” • Example is called “Science Activities for Preschool Children Example”

  12. Science Activity Example

  13. Science Activity Form

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