Nocturnal Animals and Classroom Nights - Softcover

Dondiego, Barbara L.; Vansant, Rhonda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070179115 ISBN 13: 9780070179110

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

With these multidisciplinary activities from the Sience in Every Sense series, you can turn a classroom into an exciting indoor "campsite". Arts and crafts, science, music, math, dramatic play, and language arts combine to help children discover the amazing world of day-into-night, the moon and stars, and nocturnal animals. Sitting around the "campfire", children age 4 to 8 will learn early science concepts and gain science process skills as they create animal models, do shadow plays with a flashlight, sing camping songs, gaze at the stars, tell creative stories, and sample typical campsite foods. Reproducible pages and patterns included.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A multidisciplinary approach to early science skills. Great activities for any group of young children! Reproducible pages and patterns included What could be more fun than camping out in the classroom. . .gazing at the stars, watching fireflies, munching on tasty snacks while singing songs around the "campfire," where children age 4 to 8 will use their five senses to discover the amazing world of night! With enjoyable activities combining arts and crafts, dramatic play, math, music, creative writing, reading, and cooking, kids will have fun as they learn about day and night, the moon and stars, and nocturnal animals such as raccoons, owls, moths, oppossums, and bats. They'll create models, do shadow play, sing songs, keep a moon diary, study the constellations, and tell creative stories. . .all the while gaining science process skills, including observation, finding and recording data, making a hypothesis, and more. Each chapter begins with a science goal, followed by suggestions on how to plan activities, lists of helpful visual aids, and related discussion topics. Helpful, attention-getting symbols throughout the book tell when safety precautions are necessary.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0070179115
• ISBN 13: 9780070179110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144