The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), has developed a set of free resources that enables young children to understand science.
The series includes activities that educators can complete to develop young children’s science inquiry skills and monitor their science learning and for educators to incorporate the latest research into science learning and development into their teaching.
The resources include:
- Science in the early years: Concept cartoons as monitoring tools. Educator resource, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years: Exploring mixtures. Educator resource, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years: Floating and sinking. Educator resource, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years: Light and shadows. Educator resource, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years: Monitoring science understandings: Checklists for AC Foundation – Year 2, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years: Monitoring science understandings. Checklists for EYLF outcomes, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years: A plant treasure hunt. Educator resource, Australian Council for Educational Research
- Science in the early years. Paper 2: Science inquiry skills, Gayl O'Connor and Christine Rosicka
- Science in the early years. Paper 4: Educator facilitation, Gayl O'Connor and Christine Rosicka
- Science in the early years. Paper 1: Early years science and integration, Christine Rosicka and Gayl O'Connor
- Science in the early years. Paper 3: Monitoring children's learning
When introducing science in the early years, it encourages children to begin to make sense of the words around, gain an understanding of how things work and familiarise themselves with basic scientific vocabulary.
Reference:
Early Years Science, ACEResearch
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