Preschool

Students will construct homes and towers with magic noodles that can withstand the power of wind from a fan.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Use tools for investigation of the environment, Identify and/or describe objects by physical characteristics

Skills: logical thinking, communication, problem solving

Vocabulary: seed dispersal

Students will examine the habitats of Antarctica animals and their adaptations.

Early Childhood Indicators: scientific thinking and problem solving: ask questions and seek answers through active exploration, use senses to explore materials and the environment

Skills: observation, logical thinking, and critical thinking, measuring

Vocabulary: Antarctica, blubber

Students will identify black bear characteristics and habitat.

Early Childhood Indicators: Opportunity to explore natural objects and events, share information on observations pictorially, verbally or through other representations, encourage and provide materials for a variety of sensory experiences

Skills: logical and critical thinking, fine motor

Vocabulary: hibernation

Students experiment with primary colors to create secondary colors.

Early Childhood Indicators: discover-observe and question, investigate, experiment

Skills: fine motor, logical thinking, observation

Vocabulary: primary color, secondary color

Students will use the force of gravity to push and pull a marble through an obstacle course of their own design. They will be given challenges to incorporate in to the track design.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Questioning: Express wonder about the natural world. Ask questions and seek answers through active exploration. Use senses to explore materials and the environment, Use tools for investigation of the environment

Skills: problem solving, logical thinking, motor skills, critical thinking

Vocabulary: Gravity

Students will experiment with solids, liquids and gases to study phases of matter.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Ask questions and seek answers through active exploration, use senses to explore materials and the environment, make predictions about objects and natural events

Skills: observation, logical thinking, simple chemistry to observe the difference between a solid, liquid and a gas

Vocabulary: solid, liquid, gas, atom

Students will engage in activity that teaches them about air, land and water that make planet Earth.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving; express wonder about the natural world, ask questions and seek answers through active exploration

Skills: observation, communication, logical thinking, large and small motor

Vocabulary: rotation

Students make snot and learn how mucous in our bodies helps to fight germs.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Ask questions and seek answers through active exploration

Skills: fine motor, observation, communication, counting

Vocabulary: mucous

Students will go on a bug hunt, observe the difference between a bug and an insect, learn about predator and prey and make an insect to bring home.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Ask questions and seek answers through active exploration, Use senses to explore materials and the environment, Use tools for investigation of the environment; Mathematical and logical thinking; Demonstrate the ability to count in sequence

Skills: observation, logical thinking, and critical thinking

Vocabulary: insect

Students will handle ostrich and bison bones, observe animal x-rays from animals around the world and compare and contrast vertebrates and invertebrates.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Questioning: Express wonder about the natural world. Ask questions and seek answers through active exploration. Creativity and the Arts; Use a variety of media and materials for exploration and creative expression, Participate in art and music experiences

Skills: observation, use of science tools, logical thinking

Vocabulary: vertebrate

Students will experience the components of the water cycle on our planet.

Early Childhood Indicators: earth science, inquiry science

Skills: fine motor, logical thinking, communication

Vocabulary: precipitation, condensation, evaporation

Students will handle earthworms and red compost worms as they make observations about the worm habitat and lifecycle.

Early Childhood Indicators: Scientific Thinking and Problem Solving: Ask questions and seek answers through active exploration, Use senses to explore materials and the environment, Use tools for investigation of the environment; Mathematical and logical thinking; Demonstrate the ability to count in sequence

Skills: observation, use of science tools

Vocabulary: earthworm