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    Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms: Science Experiments for Preschool Children
    Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms: Science Experiments for Preschool Children
    Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms: Science Experiments for Preschool Children
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    Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms: Science Experiments for Preschool Children

    By Sam Ed Brown

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    Teachers and caregivers of children ages 3-6
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGryphon House Inc.
    Release dateJan 1, 2004
    ISBN9780876597378
    Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms: Science Experiments for Preschool Children
    Author

    Sam Ed Brown

    Dr. Sam Ed Brown was a former chemist who changed careers to teach young children. He was a professor of education at Texas Woman’s University.

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      Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms - Sam Ed Brown

      Contents

      The Young Child and Science

      A Word About Preschool Science for Teachers

      Fitting Science into a Preschool Classroom

      The Classroom Science Center

      Materials to Collect

      Chapter 1

      Experiences with Air

      Blowing Bubbles

      Which Is Faster?

      Air, Air, Everywhere

      Plumber-Plumber

      Blow the Man Down

      Wet and Dry

      Air

      Chapter 2

      Experiences with Animals

      Animal Baby Puzzles

      Hunting for Animals

      Watching Ants

      Wild Spiders

      Spider Webs

      Animal Homes

      Earthworms

      From Tadpole to Frog

      Terrariums

      Animals

      Chapter 3

      Experiences with Environment

      Wind Vanes

      Silhouettes

      Making a Compass

      Making Lightning

      Static Electricity

      On Charting Temperature

      Parachute Game

      Night and Day

      Learning About the Sun

      Rotation of the Earth

      Dressing for the Seasons

      Seasons

      Gravity

      Using a Balance Scale

      Magnets

      Growing Crystals

      Environment

      Chapter 4

      Experiences with Plants

      Seed Party

      Growing Without Seeds

      Planting Beans

      Growing Beans

      Development

      Making a Seed Book

      Children’s Garden

      Seeds and Fruits

      Plants

      Chapter 5

      Experiences with the Senses

      Washing and Feeling

      Sounds Around Us

      Music Everywhere

      Hello, Who’s There?

      Tasting

      What Is That Smell?

      Exploring Odors

      Touching

      Senses

      Chapter 6

      Experiences with Water

      Making Steam

      Making Clouds

      Water and Ice

      Water Trick

      Floating Objects

      Experimenting With Water

      Evaporation

      Making Frost

      Fish Breathe

      Water

      Chapter 7

      Miscellaneous Experiences

      Learning About Transportation

      Transportation

      Roll on Big Wheels

      Creating Colors

      Collections

      Food Book

      Miscellaneous Experiments

      Teacher Resource Books

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      Gryphon House books are available for special premiums and sales promotions as well as for fundraising use. Special editions or book excerpts can be created to specification. For details, contact the Director of Marketing.

      Disclaimer

      Gryphon House Inc. and the author cannot be held responsible for damage, mishap, or injury incurred during the use of or because of activities in this book. Appropriate and reasonable caution and adult supervision of children involved in activities and corresponding to the age and capability of each child involved, is recommended at all times. Do not leave children unattended at any time. Observe safety and caution at all times.

      © 1981, 2004 Sam Ed Brown

      Published by Gryphon House, Inc.

      PO Box 10, Lewisville, NC 27023

      877.638.7576 (fax)

      Visit us on the web at www.gryphonhouse.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher.

      Illustrations: Silas Stamper and Kathi Whelan Dery

      Cover photograph: Straight Shots

      Reprinted June 2012

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Brown, Sam Ed, Date

      Bubbles, rainbows, and worms : science experiments for preschool

      children / by Sam Ed Brown ; illustrations, Kathi Whelan Dery.

      p. cm.

      Includes index.

      ISBN 978-0-87659-241-0

      1. Science--Study and teaching (Preschool) 2. Science--Problems,

      exercises, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.

      LB1140.5.S35B76 2004

      372.3’5--dc22

      2003018173

      The Young Child and Science

      Why did that happen? Why does it work that way? What can I do to change that? And what will happen if…?

      Young children ask these questions daily. Adults teach young children to teach themselves about science. Preschool science is about process rather than product. With adults and older children, teaching may be verbal. But not with young children. To truly understand the definition of a word, children must act physically on a concept in which the word was used. When children have tested a concept by exploration and manipulation, then it has meaning.

      Children do not have to be taught to explore, question, and manipulate; they are born with a powerful desire to do all. Their need to handle, manipulate, and explore has been called many things by psychologists and educators who suggest that this drive sets the stage for future learning. Children derive satisfaction from manipulating and controlling materials and experiences outside their bodies. This drive leads to clarification and understanding.

      When children explore the physical world, they add new knowledge to their accumulated store. That newly acquired knowledge becomes the foundation for developing new concepts.

      By handling, manipulating, tasting, and feeling, children are able to integrate this information into pre-existing concepts. Thus, children expand and deepen their understanding about the world around them. They broaden their concepts of weight and mass as they float objects in a container of water. They better understand air pressure and movement when they drop feathers and watch them float to the ground. They gain insight concerning life processes as they care for animals and plants.

      Science is taught in preschool not to train future scientists and engineers (although we may be doing this), but rather, to equip the child with basic survival skills in this modern, complex world.

      In this age of dwindling resources, we must emphasize conservation rather than disposal. If we are to teach conservation, we must help children understand scientific principles. It is only through understanding the physical properties of air, water,

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