Chapter 9: Environment Science
Children have a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world. Children are highly engaged when they have the opportunity to explore. They create strong and enduring mental representations of what they have experienced in investigating the everyday world. They acquire the vocabulary to describe and share these mental representations and the concepts that evolve from them. Children then rely on the mental representations as the basis for further learning. A child's focus is on finding out how things work. Science in the classroom is not a complicated process; it is an activity that occurs normally in the classroom as students explore blocks, art, dramatic play, or search the outdoors.
Self-Awareness
- Rain and Floods
- Rain Experiements
- Rain Experiements
- Wind
- Wind Experiments
- Winter Storms
- Snow Experiments
- Temperature
- Temperature Experiments
The Science of Animals
The Science of Plants
- Planting Seeds
- Veins and Plants, Carnations, and Color
- Leaves
The Science of Chemistry
- Soaps and How They Work
- Creating Flubber or Goop
- Chemical Reactions
Resources
- Science Activities for Preschoolers
- Preschool Science Activities
- Preschool Science Ideas
- Preschool Science and Discoveries
- National Geographic Kids
- Science World
- PBS Kids
- Science for Kids
- Outdoor Science Activities
- Fun Science Experiments
- Hands-on Science
- Parent-Child Activities
- Lesson Plans
- Free Science Powerpoints
- Article--Science in the Preschool Classroom
- Article--Supporting Scientific Inquiry
- Discovery Education
- Free Science Videos