Leonisa Ardizzone

Science-Not Just for Scientists! (eBook, ePUB)

Easy Explorations for Young Children

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Children are natural scientists, drawn to wonder, exploration, discovery, and analysis.ScienceNot Just for Scientists!gives you simple ideas to open up the world of discovery to young children. Through open-ended explorations, you will discover how to cultivate childrens natural curiosity by asking simple questions: How? When? Where? And the most famous of all childrens questions:Why?The hands-on activities will empower children to question, experiment, and develop abstract reasoning skills. Children will explore patterns, cause and effect, size and scale, change and growth, energy, and how things work. Easy to follow, step-by-step activities lead children and their caregivers through a new world of discovery.Its simple and fun to investigate:Patterns in Our NeighborhoodWho Can Live Here?Big, Small, and In BetweenSimple MachinesThe Water CycleEnergy Pathand so much more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gryphon House Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780876594858
• Artikelnr.: 48197155

Autorenporträt

Leonisa Ardizzone, EdD, has been a science educator for more than twenty years. After completing her doctorate at Columbia University, she was assistant professor at Adelphi University and Fordham University. She served as the executive director of the Salvadori Center, which does professional development for teachers in architecture and engineering. She is the owner of Storefront Science, a science exploration program in New York City. Every day, she helps children "explore outside their doors."