ScienceStart! Curriculum - Complete Curriculum

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EL16597
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Grade PreK.

Daily lesson plans allow students to practice and master science process skills and to develop a rich and coherent knowledge base about the natural world.

  • Integrates science topics with language and literacy activities, large and small motor activities, and center-based play
  • Each day’s lesson builds on the previous day’s lesson and provides a foundation for the next day’s lesson
  • Units are arranged in a developmental sequence
  • During the first 2 months, as students become familiar with classroom routines, they learn about of inquiry, measurement, and representation
  • Over the course of the following months, they are introduced to increasingly complex concepts, work with more variables at a time, and take on investigations that span several days (for example, growing seeds under different conditions)
  • Entire curriculum consists of 10 units, grouped into 5 modules
  • Each unit contains the following:
    • 20 daily lesson plans
    • Table of Contents for the 20 lessons
    • General introduction to reasons and methods for teaching science to young children
    • Basic background information for the teacher about the unit’s topic/content
    • An overview of the month’s lessons, including titles for each day’s investigation and the aspects of literacy and mathematics that will be introduced each day
    • For each week, a list of the materials and activities to be introduced in each classroom center (Dramatic Play, Art Center, Block Area, Manipulatives, Large Motor Play, Science Table)
  • Each daily lesson plan includes 3 pages:
    • First page offers a general overview that describes the science concepts being addressed, the day’s learning goals, the targeted vocabulary, and suggestions for discussing the day’s investigation
    • Second page suggests ways the teacher can integrate instruction in language and literacy skills with the day’s investigation
    • Suggestions cover 5 areas considered especially important by the U.S. Department of Education, including Speaking and Listening, Reading Comprehension, Alphabet Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, and Print Awareness
    • Third page outlines the way the day’s investigation proceeds through the steps of the ScienceStart! Simple Science Cycle (Reflect and Ask, Plan and Predict, Act and Observe, and Report and Reflect)
    • A sidebar on the third page describes math activities that can be integrated into the day’s investigation
  • Developed at the University of Rochester by Dr. Lucia French through collaborations with hundreds of teachers
  • Development sponsored through grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Education
  • Includes 5 modules listed below
    • Module 1: Measurment and Mapping
    • Module 2: Color and Light
    • Module 3: Matter
    • Module 4: Neighborhood Habitats
    • Module 5: Movement and Machines
ScienceStart! Curriculum - Complete Curriculum
More Information
Item Weight 7.15 lbs
Length 11.00
Width 9.00
Height 3.50
Age 4 yrs
Collections STEM
Grade Preschool
Prop 65

School Type Pre-K
Steam Environmental & Life Sciences, Measurement & Data
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