Transcript Making Playroom Materials from Everyday Items

KDI
Science and Technology
KDI
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Identify the Science Key Developmental
Indicators
• State the components of each individual
Science KDI
• Identify classroom materials that support
children’s science learning
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People Poll
1. Walk around the room and find people
who fit the statements on the people
poll on page 4 of your training booklet.
1. Write your initials on statements that
are true to you, but you can only sign
one person’s poll once!
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Scientists Among Us
• In what ways were you scientists?
• Did you have to purchase “science kits”
from a catalog to be scientists? Or get
things from a special table?
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Children want science to be something
they DO,
Not something they watch!
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Characteristically Us
1. Turn to page 5-6 in your training
booklet
2. In this activity, we will be classifying
ourselves into increasingly more
complex groups based on observable
characteristics.
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KDI 45. Observing
Children:
• Are curious and use all their senses to
learn more about the natural and
physical world.
• Gather information by observing what
others do and discovering how tools and
materials work.
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KDI 46. Classifying
Children:
• Group similar things together.
• Identify relationships between things and
the categories they belong to.
• Look for new ways to organize the
knowledge they already have and for
ways to fit new discoveries into familiar
categories.
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House of Cards
• Working in pairs, build a house of cards.
• You may build this structure any way you
please, but you can only use the cards
you were given!
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House of Cards
• What types of experimenting were you
doing during the activity?
• How were you making predictions?
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KDI 47. Experimenting
Children:
• Experiment to test whether an idea is
true or a solution will work.
• May encounter problems with materials
that they do not have answers for.
• Experiment by manipulating materials,
using trial and error, and then
approaching the problem with possible
solutions in mind.
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KDI 48. Predicting
Children:
• Indicate through words and/or actions,
what they expect an outcome to be.
• Think about what happened in similar
situations and anticipate what might
happen.
• Make predictions based on
experimentation.
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KDI
1. Read through the play scenario on page
7 of your training booklet.
2. In your table group discuss how Luke
was drawing conclusions and
communicating his ideas.
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KDI 49. Drawing conclusions
Children:
• Attempt to fit their observations and
reasoning into their existing knowledge
and understanding.
• Construct knowledge in their own way as
they collect data to help them form
theories about how the world works
(e.g., “It’s night because the sun goes to
bed.”).
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KDI 50. Communicating ideas
Children:
• Share their questions, observations,
predictions, and conclusions.
• Talk about, demonstrate, and represent
what they experience and think.
• Express their interest in and wonder
about the world.
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KDI 51. Natural and physical world
Children:
• Become familiar with characteristics and
processes in the natural and physical world
(e.g., characteristics of plants and animals,
ramps and rocks; processes of growth and
death, freezing and melting).
• Explore change, transformation, and cause
and effect.
• Become aware of cycles that are meaningful
to them.
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KDI 52. Tools and technology
Children:
• Become familiar with tools and
technology in their daily environment.
• Understand the functions of equipment
and use it with safety and care.
• Use tools and technology to support
their play.
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Using Tools
KDI
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As a whole group, think back to the house
of cards activity…
1. Which tools would have been useful as
you built the house of cards?
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What is Technology?
The methods and tools that a society has
developed in order to facilitate the solution
of its practical problems.
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How Does that Relate to
Electronics in Your Classroom?
• Computers should be rotated in and out of the
classroom
• Have computer software that…
– More than one child can work on at a time
– Does not have right or wrong answers
– Allows children to make choices within the program
• If available, have cameras for children to use
• Incorporate tape recorders
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Discovering Your
Science Senses
Block Area
Outdoor
Play Space
House Area
Sand and
Water Table
Toy Area
Art Area
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What could you add…
• Turn to page 13 in your training booklet
1. Choose an area of the classroom that
you would like to support with more
science and technology experiences.
2. Turn to the page in your TB that has that
area on it from the previous activity.
3. Circle three materials that you would
like to add to your classroom.
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How will you add…
• Turn to page 13 in your training booklet
1. Referring to your application activity
what are some obstacles you might
run into when trying to add more
materials?
2. What are some ideas you have to
change these materials or to overcome
this obstacle?
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