Janice VanCleave's Teaching the Fun of Science to Young Learners: Grades Pre-K through 2

Acknowledgments vii

From the Author 1

Guidelines for Using Science Activities and Investigations Successfully in the Classroom 3

I. Investigating 7

1. The Scientific Method 9

2. Cause and Effect 28

II. Observing 37

3. Sight 39

4. Hearing 50

5. Smell 61

6. Taste 67

7. Touch 76

III. Communication 89

8. Model 91

9. Data 100

IV. Making and Using Definitions 111

10. New Words 113

11. Dictionary Skills 122

V. Measuring and Estimating 135

12. Length 137

13. Capacity 146

14. Weight 152

15. Time 158

16. Temperature 165

VI. Grouping 179

17. Classifying 181

18. Sequencing 189

Glossary 195

Index 199