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Starting inquiry-based science in the early years : look, talk, think and do /

By: Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale [author.].
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, 2015Description: ix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781138778566; 9781138778566:; 1138778567; 9781138778559; 1138778559; 9781315771908; 131577190X.Subject(s): Science -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) | Science -- Study and teaching (Preschool)DDC classification: 372.35044
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction : format of the book -- Observations and actions : play ; starting learning science -- Starting science, recording and assessing early investigations -- Foundation skills : shape, space and measure -- Living things : ourselves -- Living things : other animals -- Other living things : plants and fungi -- Pushes, pulls and bounces -- Changes -- Outside.
Summary: Young children are intuitive scientists. This book builds on their inherent curiosity and problem solving as they move forward in their scientific thinking. Science develops from early beginnings and a solid foundation in the early years is essential for their future learning and engagement with the subject. Starting Inquiry Based Science in the Early Years shows you how you can support children's emerging scientific skills by working with them and scaffolding their inquiries as they experiment, hypothesise and investigate building on their natural curiosity.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 372.35044 TUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0081397
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction : format of the book -- Observations and actions : play ; starting learning science -- Starting science, recording and assessing early investigations -- Foundation skills : shape, space and measure -- Living things : ourselves -- Living things : other animals -- Other living things : plants and fungi -- Pushes, pulls and bounces -- Changes -- Outside.

Young children are intuitive scientists. This book builds on their inherent curiosity and problem solving as they move forward in their scientific thinking. Science develops from early beginnings and a solid foundation in the early years is essential for their future learning and engagement with the subject. Starting Inquiry Based Science in the Early Years shows you how you can support children's emerging scientific skills by working with them and scaffolding their inquiries as they experiment, hypothesise and investigate building on their natural curiosity.

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