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The SuperScience Curriculum


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 A hands-on curriculum for preschoolers and an in-depth resource for home childcare providers, preschool teachers, daycares and parents, the KidSparkz! SuperScience Curriculum features:

  • 75 core learning experiences
  • many connections to other curriculum areas
  • related children's and teacher's books
  • resources for supplies and equipment
  • 101 pages packed with activities, ideas, and successful ways to explore science with young children

 

 

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101 pages; Adobe .PDF format.   It can also be purchased as part of pur large curriculum packet, The Curriculum Creator.  

 

 

FROM THE INTRODUCTION:    

 

 "To us, the ways of the world are pretty much "old hat".  After all, how many times have we seen the sun rise and set, or water disappearing down the drain, or turned a light switch on and off?  But to a child, everything is new and mysterious.  Connections aren't formed yet, the "whole" is not seen - only parts that don't seem to connect.  No wonder children use "magical thinking" to make sense of their surroundings.

How can we, as teachers, caregivers and parents, guide their journey of discovery?  We can describe with words, but many of the words are new, too.  We can read stories, of course, and show pictures, and sing songs.  But ultimately, for children to make the connections and develop logical thinking, they must experience and discover and wonder and question themselves, using their own senses, and not once, but MANY times.

This book is a compilation/collection of 75 core discovery experiences that are intrinsically interesting and fun, and they also lead to questioning and a desire to know more.  They can be presented many times, and each time new connections will be made, and "mystery" will gradually become reality and knowledge."

 

 

 

 

 

 The 75 core experiences are categorized under the headings of--

Life Science: Plants and Animals

Life Science: People

Earth and Sky Science, and

Physical Science

This curriculum can be used as the basis for an early childhood program, or it can be incorporated into an existing one It can be used by preschool teachers; home daycare providers; homeschooling parents.  It is developmentally appropriate for children aged 3 years old to Kindergarten and beyond.  It is based on sound educational practice and theory. It has been extensively researched.

Here is a list of the core experiences.  Each of the core experiences illustrates a broader scientific principle, and will pave the way for more learning, questioning and understanding every time they are repeated, or referred to, as the child develops.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

 Magnify!

Ways to measure Time

Magnetic Attraction

Comparison of Volume

Ramps in Motion

Ice Melting

Sink or Float a Boat

Color Mixing

Sponges and Water

Evaporation and Condensation

Making Air Work

Transparent, Translucent, Opaque

Dropping Things Through the Air

Static Electricity

Battery Electricity

Properties of Soap and Water

Weights and balances

How Can Heat Change Things?

Measuring and Comparing Lengths

Tools and Machines Help Us Do Things

Lifting With Levers

Wheels

Predicting How Simple Machines Will Work

Parts of a Computer

Discoveries With Straws

Different Ways of Making Light

 

LIFE SCIENCE – PLANTS and ANIMALS

Comparing Leaves

 

Exploring Pumpkins

Making Applesauce

Shucking Corn

Earthworm Observation

Parent and Baby Animals

Collecting Ants

Spider Season

Visit to a Pet Store

Living and Non Living Things

Animals Come in many Sizes, Shapes and Colors

Ways Animals Move

Whose Nose, Ears, Feet?

Animals Need to Eat

Difference Between Wild and Tame Animals

People Can Use Products Provided By Animals and Plants

Animal Coverings- Hair, Fur, Feathers, Scales and Skin

Metamorphosis and Change in Biology

Nocturnal Animals

Egg Science

Exploring Fish

Tree “Skin”- Bark

Cornstarch Goop

Growing Potatoes in Water

Making Daisy and Clover Chains

Digging in the Dirt

LIFE SCIENCE-PEOPLE

 

Parts of Our Body, and How We use Them

 

Our Hands

Our Feet

Fun With Balance

Sound Search

Sense of Touch

Exploring the Sense of Sight

Follow That Scent

Stop That Germ!

Interesting Tools That Doctors Use

We Need Healthy Teeth

Keep Those Muscles Moving!

Our Heart

EARTH and SKY SCIENCE

 

Blowing Bubbles

Shadow Chasing

Sun Effects

The Night Sky

Kinds of Clouds

Dressing for the Season

Classifying Rocks

Colors of the rainbow

Who has Seen the Wind?

Rain

Snow

Litter Hunt

We Can Take Care of the earth

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