Science
Teaching kindergarten science lessons and a learning environment full of energy and enthusiasm naturally go together.
Science lessons include opportunities for the students to practice the skills of observation, collecting, and communicating. The big idea questions are the framework for teaching the topics of life, physical, and earth and space sciences.
Observation - students are able to:
Collecting - students are able to:
Communicating – students are able to:
Four, five, and six-year-old scientists are natural explorers and are interested in their world. They learn by taking part in meaningful experiences, through play, by experimenting and inventing and through social interaction.
Science lessons include opportunities for the students to practice the skills of observation, collecting, and communicating. The big idea questions are the framework for teaching the topics of life, physical, and earth and space sciences.
Observation - students are able to:
- gather information using their five senses
- know what body part is used to gather specific sensory information
- describe their observations, I see.. I hear… I can smell...
- identify, with help, the shape, texture, hardness. etc. of an object
- relate what they have learned to other areas of learning
Collecting - students are able to:
- collect information by counting objects, taking part in surveys, measuring, and doing simple experiments
- use the words never, sometimes, and always to describe the chance of things happening
- describe their observations, I see.. I hear… I can smell...
- ask questions about the information they have gathered (data)
- compare data using measurement terms - bigger, smaller
- draw a picture of their data using one-to-one correspondence
Communicating – students are able to:
- talk about their observations using new vocabulary
- work with others by sharing, listening, and encouraging
- with help, show their information in a realistic and organized way
- with help, show their information in different ways -pictures, graphs, with some math and writing
- share ideas about why the thing they observed happened
- ask "I wonder how" or "I wonder why" questions
Four, five, and six-year-old scientists are natural explorers and are interested in their world. They learn by taking part in meaningful experiences, through play, by experimenting and inventing and through social interaction.
