Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade 
Product #: 1003399
Sample Pages

Introduce young children to exciting, hands-on science experiences. Use full color manipulatives to appeal to their sense of curiosity and willingness to explore and experiment. The easy-to-use activities are based on standards and accompanied by age-appropriate assessments.

Full-color, hands-on centers encourage students to make their own scientific discoveries. Simple literacy activities explore different areas of Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical Science. Student cards and reproducibles are ready-to-use. Teacher pages include instructions to create standards-based activities and ideas for presentation, assessment, and extensions.

Includes activities in the following science areas:

• Nature of Science - developing the skills of questioning, planning, predicting, implementing, and observing as a way of learning
• Life Science - the study of living things, their characteristics, and their relationship to the environment (Topics: ladybugs, spiders, animals and their eggs, coral reefs)
• Earth and Space Science - the study of Earth's elements and structure (rocks, soil, metals, water, air) as well as its place in the universe (Topics: shadows, lakes and rivers, stars)
• Physical Science - the study of matter and its properties (size, shape, color, composition, etc.); the position and motion of objects; the nature of light, heat, electricity, and magnetism (Topics: trees and wood, water around me, tools and machines)

Pages: 176