little scientists
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Comenius Project2013-2015
Science and Pre-School Education as a Field of Pedagogical Innovation
,,LITTLE SCIENTISTS” 2013-1-LV1-COM06-053962
Şcoala Gimnazială,,Dimitrie Cantemir’’(Gradiniţa,,Anghel Saligny”) RO
Germencik Yedieylül İlkokulu TR Rokiškio lopšelis-darželis "Varpelis"LT
Обединено детско заведение "Чиполино"BG
ISBN- 978-973-0-18973-5
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.‘This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author,and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
From the game to scientific research, the way is much shorter than it seems at first glance.
The child goes easily and naturally on this way if you take advantage of one of his greatest qualities which is curiosity. Small
experiments done with children at preschool age are not wasted science activities allow the child a natural contact with the
surrounding time or exaggeration. Well prepared and carefully guided by teachers, world. The activities won’t answer any
question the children have, but it will be a starting point for a serious study, for new questions and will help, why not, to the
training of future scientists.Come and enter together in a world of experiments from vital
’’water’’, ’’growing and sowing’’ to ’’astronomy’’ and ’’light-shadow’’
EVERYTHING IS FASCINATING!
With much consideration and dedicationproject teams from Romania, Turkey, Lithuania, Bulgaria
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WATER
EXPERIMENT: “WATER DOESN’T FLOW OUT
FROM THE GLASS”
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EXPERIMENT: “WATER MILL”
WORKING PROCEDURE:Pour water from a container
into the mill hopper.MATERIALS: mill,
container for the water, water vessel.
WORKING PROCEDURE:
A glass of water is covered with a sheet of paper and
turned upside downMaterials: water,
transparent glass, a sheet of paper
EXPERIMENT: “WATER FEATURES”
WORKING PROCEDURE:Observe the water samples:
color, smell, taste
MATERIALS: drinking water, tubes, glasses
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EXPERIMENT: “OBTAINING HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES”
WORKING PROCEDURE: Pour water into the tube.
Add different colored watercolor
MATERIALS:
water, tubes, watercolors
EXPERIMENT: “THE RAIN”
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MATERIALS: a transparent glass, shaving
foam, spoon, plate, paint brush, glass with blue
watercolor.
WORKING PROCEDURE:The transparent glass is filled
with water. The remaining space is filled with shaving
foam by using a spoon. Take blue watercolor with a paint
brush and drip it slowly in the shaving foam glass
EXPERIMENT: BUILDING “A DROPPER”
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EXPERIMENT: “THE CAPACITY OF RECIPIENTS”
WORKING PROCEDURE:
Moving the same amount of water from one
container to another.MATERIALS: recipients of different shapes and
capacity.
WORKING PROCEDURE: The straw should be placed in a glass of water and covered with a finger. By raising the finger and quickly cover the straw, it works as a dropper.MATERIALS: transparent glass, water, plastic straw.
EXPERIMENT: “THE FILTRATION OF WATER”
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EXPERIMENT: “WE HAVE A TAP”
WORKING PROCEDURE:Take a bottle and make a hole at the bottom, insert a plastic
straw.Pour water in the bottle and then pour water in a glass through the plastic straw
MATERIALS: bottle, water, plastic straw, glass.
WORKING PROCEDURE:Put in a transparent
container water then sandShake well the mixture
Put in a funnel some filter paper and gradually invertMATERIALS: transparent
container, water, sand, filter paper, funnel.
LIFE IS WATER
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Water you are not only necessary to life, you are the
life it self; you are the irreplaceable treasure of
EARTH; you are the most delicate, the most pure and
you are the soul of EARTH”
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Teacher shows a picture expressing need of water.
Teacher shows a model of water cycle.
Teacher explains the importance of water by using pictures and story telling.
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Children observing what floats on water and what sinks in water.
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*observing how oil floats on water;
*putting white carnation in coloured water and observing the changes day by day;
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*Students put shaving foam over water and put liquid paint on the foam then see how paint goes inside the water like a rain and foam is like a
cloud.
*putting a boiling water in a glass and a holding a plate over it, students understand how rain is formed by seeing the water
drops;
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At the end of the lessonstudents make water balloons and enjoy.
*heating ice bar and seeing how it changes into liquid and gas;
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CHILDREN ASK: “Why did the flowers fade?
CHILDREN ANSWER: “The flower needs water”
CHILDREN ASK: “Why must we wash our hands?”
PROCESS:The dirty background is touched
The hands are washed
CHILDREN ANSWER: „There are a lot of bacterias on
the hands.”
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CHILDREN ASK: „What melt in the water?“
MEANS:•Glasses, teaspoons• Sand, paint, salt•Water Process: •The individual jars with teaspoon are filled with colour, salt, and sand . Observed, how it is melt in water.OBSERVATION TIME – 10min.
CHILDREN ANSWER: „In the water melts salt. The paint not only melts but colours the water too.”
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CHILDREN ASK: “How does the water change to ice?”
MEANS:• water• gouache• cups
PROCESS:• Pour into cups simple and colored water and freeze it.
OBSERVATION TIME: 2 days
CHILDREN ANSWER: “The water converts into blue and white ice and it increases
its capacity”.
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CHILDREN ASK:“What will happen when we put the egg into salted water?”
CHILDREN ANSWER: “the water will be unclear
And the egg will float On the top of water”.
CHILDREN ASK: “what will happen with the uncooked egg when we put it in the drincable water?”
CHILDREN ANSWER: “The egg will be wet and
fall down”
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CHILDREN ASK: „why is it not allowed to eat snow?“
MEANS:Magnifying glassConteinersSnow PROCESS:Watching the snow from the yard OBSERVATION TIME:2 hours.
CHILDREN ANSWER: „The melted snow is very dirty“
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CHILDREN ASK: „How does the drop look like?”
MEANS:Microscope PippeteDifferent size cons WaterPROCESS:It is estimated that the number of drops can fit on different sizes of coinsOBSERVATION TIME:10 min.
CHILDREN ANSWER: „The drop of water is clear and small“
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PAINTINGS AND POSTERS MADE BY CHILDREN
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SOWING AND GROWING
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GERMINATION PROCESS puts children in the position of making small research through handling, observation,
exploration and investigation of the seeds
The children are involved in the seeds research by asking:”What is inside the seed?”
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In every stage of the germination process children explore the seed which becames plant.
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Children are responsible to assure all the necessary conditions for the plants to grow.
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When the plants were 5-6 cm we put them in the kindergarten yard!
Learning through discovery seeks students cognitive activation!
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Carving the gourds and filling them with soil then painting the gourds and seeding the soil…an attractive activity to have students love
seeding and growing..
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Diagram of causes and effects
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An enjoyable activity for kids: making grass men.Students are very excited while grasses are appearing. They fill nylon women socks
with sawdusts and grass seeds then use buttons for face making.
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Students cut the plastic bottles making little circles and plant onions in the circles.The onions grow over the circles.
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Purpose: to sow, grow, observe and explore the plants in the immediate surroundings.
OLIMPIAD OF SEEDS
The idea To find out which
of the selected seeds faster
germinate in a damp wool, soil.
SEEDS IN A SOIL
THE SEEDS IN A COTTON
- different seeds germinated differently.
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GREENHOUSE EFFECT
IDEATo explore the seeds germination in the
greenhouse conditions.
Greenhouse effect accelerates the germination of seeds;
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MATERIALS AND DIVERSITY of flowerpots
IdeaTo explore the seeds germination in
various conditions and different materials: water, earth, sawdust,
plaster, egg shells, pots (glass, plastic, clay, ecological)
Water
Earth Sawdust
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Air Gypsum
Seeds in egg shells
Findings
In disadvantage conditions seeds did not spring up: In glass pot seeds roted,
because water cannot flow; In a sawdust the onion did not put
the roots, because they are not suitable for plant germination.
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CREATIVE WORK
IdeaTo use a variety of available materials, seeds, vegetables
for children's creative artistic piece of work.
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The teaching excursion allows students the possibility to observe, investigate and to know directly a wide range of issues.
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The creative and dynamical student detaches himself from information, moves freely within knowledge, showing initiative
and independent spirit.
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Students assume the role and the behaviour of those working in a particular field.
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Teachers, students and parents of the students have also planted outside and inside our school
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EXPLANATIONS OF THE PROJECT’S TOPIC ACTIVITIES
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ASTRONOMY
Theme Project – The Universe
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Science „ Fill in by keeping the given order”
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Art Drawing „astronaut”
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INTEGRATED ACTIVITY DS-The environment
Interpreting images „The Universe – Earth, the blue planet” DEC
Drawing „The blue planet through children’s eyes”
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Integrated Activity„The Universe – Earth, the blue planet” finalizing the map of the
projec DLC “Language and communication”Retelling of „The Little Prince”
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Students are learning the movements of the earth and how seasons occur
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Students are making rockets and robots, using toilet rolls, foil papers and waste materials
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Students are making stars, sun and moon using colorful and foil papers.
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Students are observing sun via sooty glass
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Students are making telescopes and observing planets
Students are making sun using yellow balloons and coloring them
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Children built model rockets, modules and Martian exploration monthly surface, satellites, a model of the Solar System and an astronaut suit
from concrete working conditions and what they must do.
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Theme ,,Astronomy“ in practical papers.
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Teachers create problem situations, that require students’ use, restructuring and completion of prior knowledge
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An educational environment stimulating favors the learning!
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Projects Sun, Earth and Moon and Journey through the Solar System have been highly appreciated by children.
Musical game „Eurythmy elements” music J.M.Jarr
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The teacher is the mediator of student’s learning in a heuristic framework!
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. The moon – a sky element that arises the
student’s curiosity
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. The world seen as a puzzle
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Active methods used during lessons illustrate their instrumental function: the student himself achieving the objectives, they aware
them as their own finalities
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Procedure:Light a torch and light headed toward the mirror, table or cardboard
Receiving and scatter light fixtures are called light
fixtures.
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In terms of light passing through them, the bodies are as follows: transparent (light switch and it is
obvious object behind them), translucent (light switch but there is clearly subject) and
opaque (no light passes)
Light travels in a straight line.
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Experience Crystal MAGICInstructions:
1. Turn off the light in the room, close the curtains and light the torch.
2. Sit in front of a white wall and you "crystal" in one hand
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3. With other hand, take the torch and light it.4. Rotate slowly "crystal"
View all reflexes multicolored on wall?5. You can also realize experience using sunlight and
place the flashlight
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Demonstration method serves to facilitate understanding of new knowledge through observation and analysis of an intuitive material,
and the correct execution of some activities.
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The light and shadow experiments facilitate the learning process making the activities more appealing!
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Learning develops naturally, from what knows the student, to discover the variety of nature and of the phenomenon he
experiences.
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It's fun and interesting - theater of shadows!
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We are great actors !
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The group activity
brings extra value to the
acquired knowledge!
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Interactive learning strategies stimulate the participation of subjects to action, socializing them.
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The experiment can create favourable emotional states, may lead students to use their experiences after making further
experiments and in other future activities
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Students use scientific approach to understanding and active participation in social life.
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The assessment is less criterial and more reflexive, integrating alternative methods of assessment;
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Active methods used during lessons illustrate their instrumental function: the student himself achieving
the objectives, they aware them as their own finalities.
This is my shadow!
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A Game of Shadows
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We bring many thanks to the project teams from
Romania, Turkey, Lithuania, Bulgaria.Long live the Little Scientists!