Talking and doing science in the early years : a practical guide for ages 2-7

Talking and doing science in the early years : a practical guide for ages 2-7 / Sue Dale Tunnicliffe.

Young children are intuitive, emergent scientists - they observe, raise hypotheses, experiment and notice patterns. Most of our everyday actions at home and in other settings, inside and outside, have a scientific basis and it is through these early experiences that children formulate their ideas ab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:
Science > Study and teaching (Early childhood) > United States.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Science > Study and teaching (Early childhood)
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. About the book
  • 2. Background to early years science
  • 3. Resources, language and skills for everyday science
  • 4. Living things : ourselves
  • 5. Other living things : animals
  • 6. Other living things : plants
  • 7. Other living things : fungi, bacteria and algae
  • 8. Forces : pushes and pulls
  • 9. Structures
  • 10. Changes
  • 11. Materials
  • 12. The built environment
  • 13. Outside : the natural environment: soils, sky, weather.

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