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Early Childhood

 

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Early Science Explorations

 

From making a collage of the leaves and seeds they find to constructing a lever from rocks and wood, children are introduced to the wonders of science and scientific exploration. With 7 studies in one book: Growing and Changing; Class Pet; Collections from Nature; Constructions; Dirt, Sand and Water; Sky and Weather; and My Body.

 

 

 

Rainbows, Colors and Light

 

Through experiments with prisms, mirrors, bubbles, water, sunlight, and flashlights, children bring rainbow effects into their classroom and onto the playground. They also mix colors to observe that colored light produces different results than mixing pigmented paints, dough, or water.

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Grade 1

Collecting and Examining Life

 

From collecting animal tracks to dissecting flowers, children deepen their understanding of what makes something alive, and of the similarities and differences among living things.

 

 

 

 

Weather

 

One day students learn to use a thermometer to record temperature, another day they measure rainfall or investigate the nature of ice. Throughout the year, students use their senses as well as scientific tools to discover that weather is a dynamic and sometimes unpredictable part of nature.

 

Solids, Liquids and Gases

 

While deciding what makes a solid a solid, watching water disappear from an open cup, or comparing various liquids, children find the value in asking questions and probing the world around them for meaningful answers.

 

 

 

 

Animal Homes Design Projects

 

Children note the materials the animal used to make the home, guess how the animal made the home, and think about how the home meets that animal’s needs. Choosing an animal, they design,build, and construct a home for that animal. They reflect on the materials they used and what they might do differently with different materials.

 

Grade 2

 

Rocks

 

One day children examine fossils, another day they might test minerals. As children collect, examine, describe, and experiment with rocks, minerals and fossils, they hone their observation skills and begin to unravel the puzzle of what rocks are and how they are formed.

 

 

Sound

 

Whether making water ripple with a tuning fork or building their own musical instruments, children explore the world around them to investigate the sounds that permeate their lives.

 

 

Magnets

 

From testing what sort of everyday objects are attracted to magnets to comparing the strength of different magnets, children deepen their observation skills while learning about the nature of magnets.

 

 

 

 

Life Cycles

 

From watching a pea sprout to feeding apples to butterflies, children closely study four organisms, including humans, to observe the remarkable growth and change that living things experience during their life spans.

 

 

 

Human Tools Design Project

 

Children identify the kinds of tools and technologies that humans have developed to expand our natural capabilities and meet our needs. They consider the limitations of tools and technologies, as well as the ways they improve our quality of life. Finally, children identify a need and design a simple tool to meet that need.

 

Grade 3

 

 

Motion

 

Through activities that engage children’s bodies and minds, children move their own bodies in various ways to learn about motion, as well as build ramps, roll toy cars, drop and crash marbles, slide pennies and shoes, and even fly paper airplanes.

 

 

Habitats

 

From going on a nature walk to dissecting owl pellets, children are asked to think about how organisms (plants, animals, fungi, and microscopic living things) survive in the places they live, and how they interact with other living things.

 

 

 

Our Solar System

 

One day children chart the moon’s cycles, another day they might make a scale model of our solar system. By observing the world around them, they address questions such as “Why are there seasons?” and “Why does the moon appear to change shape?”

 

 

Human Systems Design Projects

 

Students learn about recent unmanned spacecraft sent to Mars. They discover the challenges of remotely operating a Mars Rover and its robotic parts. Then they learn how their own arms move by looking closely at joints, bones, and muscles. Using this knowledge, they design and sketch a robotic arm to collect samples of material on Mars.

 

Grade 4

 

Matter

 

From exploring the properties of solids, liquids, and gases, to seeing what they can learn about an unknown substance called “Whatzit,” students experience firsthand the excitement of scientific discovery and gain an appreciation of the scientific method employed by scientists everywhere.

 

 

 

Watery Earth

 

 

 

 

 

Nature’s Recyclers

 

From watching composting worms create soil, to modeling the nutrient cycle, students have the opportunity to use their investigations to understand the organisms that carry out the process of decomposition and recycle nutrients in an ecosystem.

 

Grade 5

 

 

Energy

 

Whether testing the efficiency of light bulbs, exploring heat conduction, or designing an imaginary invention demonstrating the transfer of energy, students discover that energy is at the root of all change occurring in the world around them.

 

 

 

Human Body in Motion

 

By modeling how muscles move bones at joints, testing their reflexes, and measuring the effects of exercise on breathing and heart rate, students begin to appreciate the complex interactions and dependencies that exist between body parts and recognize the importance of protecting them by making healthy choices.

 

 

Earth’s Changing Surface

 

From building river models that explore erosion and deposition to touring the school grounds looking for evidence of the earth’s changing surface, students will use hands-on investigations to discover for themselves the dynamic nature of the earth’s surface.

 

 

 

Moving Systems Design Project

Students explore the effects of gravity, drag, friction, lift, and thrust on the motion of transportation systems and living things. They compare speeds of objects and investigate how changes in speed are caused by forces. They also design, build, test, and demonstrate a system that solves a real world problem.

 

 

 

 

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jack@sciencecompanion.com