Science is simple over 250 activities for preschoolers
| Main Author: | Ashbrook, Peggy. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Beltsville, Md. :
Gryphon House,
c2003.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Everyday science lessons. Using children's literature to teach the scientific method : encouraging children to make predictions while reading a book
- Magnets and testing hypotheses
- Year-round gardening
- Planting strawberry plants
- What do seeds need to grow?
- Why do some tree leaves change color?
- Stretch your senses on a walk to a nearby park
- Crickets and using magnifiers
- Compost critters
- Spring-flowering bulbs : are planted in the fall
- Corn and an introduction to the globe
- Winter birds
- What is melting?
- What can the wind do?
- Planting peas on Presidents' Day
- Waiting for mantises to hatch
- A tree is nice
- Dirt, what is it?
- Butterflies change as they grow
- Planting a butterfly garden
- What is it?
- Rocks made of tiny pieces (sedimentary rocks)
- Rocks that were melted (igneous rocks) and volcanoes
- Fossil discovery
- Mirrors reflect
- Working with pumps, siphons, and capillary action
- Taking note of volume
- Evaporation and condensation
- Sound is vibration
- Making a chemical reaction to create slime
- Eating sunlight
- Objects in motion
- Our sense of touch
- Mixing and separating colors
- Our sense of smell
- Wheels are tools
- Bubbles
- Recycling paper to use again
- Rocket ships blasting off
- Making solutions
- Measuring hands
- Writing additional lessons
- Appendix.