An Introduction to Discovery Science
The Classroom
Centers
Assessment in Discovery Science
Unit 1: How
Objects are Alike and Different
Language
and Reading Center
Art Center
Activity 1 Draw It-A Matter of Scale
Activity 2 When You Feel This Art
Activity 3 Leaf-Shape Paintings
Activity 4 The World in Different Colors
Activity 5 Crayon Lines
Activity 6 Sticky Painting
Activity 7 Insects and Worms-What’s the Difference?
Activity 8 Paint It If You Can
Activity 9 My Color Book
Block
Center
Activity 1 Block Sandwiches
Activity 2 Fill in The Blanks
Activity 3 How Many Rectangles Can You Make?
Activity 4 Twin Towers
Dramatic
Play Center
Activity 1 Your Move
Activity 2 Matching Shadows
Sand and
Water Center
Activity 1 Digging in The Sand
Activity 2 Dunk A Pair
Discovery
Center
Activity 1 Magnets Attract
Activity 2 How do They Go Together?
Activity 3 Critter Matching
Activity 4 Lid Turn and Match
Activity 5 Nuts and Bolts
Activity 6 Feathers, Feathers
Small Group
Activity 1 The Touch Test
Activity 2 Body Watch
Activity 3 What’s Alike About Me?
Activity 4 Attribute Game
Going
Outdoors
Activity 1 Walk-Around-The-Block Litter Safari
Activity 2 Cloud Drawings
Activity 3 Do Dogs Talk?
Activity 4 The Great Tree Match
Activity 5 School-Yard Rock Sorting
Activity 6 Recycling
Activity 7 Pull a Weed
Activity 8 The Great Animal Search
Activity 9 Litter Graph
Unit 2: How Objects Move
Language and Reading Center
Art Center
Activity 1 Track The Marble Roll
Block
Center
Activity 1 One Moves Many
Dramatic Play Center
Activity 1 Little Red Wagon
Activity 2 Shadow Dancing
Sand and
Water Center
Activity 1 Sailboat Races
Activity 2 Paddle Boat Races
Activity 3 Bobbers and Bottomers
Discovery
Center
Activity 1 Balloon Pendulum
Activity 2 The Rolling Beach Ball
Activity 3 Four Square
Activity 4 The Motion Machine
Activity 5 Spinning Tops
Activity 6 What Rolls?
Activity 7 Turn Right, Turn Left
Activity 8 Things That Bounce
Activity 9 Balloon Power
Activity 10 Rocket On A String
Activity 11 Swing High, Swing Low
Small Group
Activity 1 How Far Can You Jump?
Activity 2 Can You Move Me?
Activity 3 Eight Ball in The Corner Pocket
Activity 4 Freeze! 150
Activity 5 Slower, Slower, Stop!
Activity 6 Stop The Ball
Going
Outdoors
Activity 1 Log Balance Beam
Activity 2 School-Yard Bird Survey
Unit 3: How Objects Change
Language and
Reading Center
Art Center
Activity 1 Hand-Mixing Colors
Activity
2 Ice Colors
Activity 3 Here Again, Gone Again Colors
Activity 4 Colors Mix Fast
Activity 5 Crayon Muffins
Activity 6 Fading Fast
Activity 7 Paint-Roller Patterns
Block
Center
Activity 1 Building Additions
Dramatic
Play Center
Activity 1 Looking Great
Activity 2 You Can’t Lose Your Shadow
Activity 3 Pajama Party
Sand and Water Center
Activity 1 Bring It on Board
Activity 2 Magnet Search
Discovery
Center
Activity 1 Water Into Ice, Isn’t That Nice?
Activity 2 Bubble Jars
Activity 3 Seed Surprises
Activity 4 Sprouts Galore!
Activity 5 Keeps on Growing
Activity 6 Lumpy, Bumpy Play Clay
Activity 7 Light Finders
Activity 8 Gravity Tester
Activity 9 Mixing Things with Water
Activity 10 Is It Really Gone?
Small Group
Activity 1 Star Chamber
Activity 2 Leaves Change
Activity 3 Short Legs, Long Legs
Activity 4 Snowball Melting
Activity 5 Make Them Rust
Going
Outdoors
Activity 1 Garbage Garden
Activity 2 Plants Need Sun
Activity 3 Compost Bin
Unit 4: How Objects Are Made and Used
Language and Reading Center
Art
Center
Activity 1 Litter Pringing
Activity 2 Glue Tools
Activity 3 Little Home Builders
Activity 4 Build a Tree
Activity 5 Balancing Crayons
Activity 6 Water Inventions
Activity 7 Flattening Play Clay
Activity 8 Stamp-Pad Pictures
Block
Center
Activity 1 A Sense of Balance
Activity 2 T’em Up
Activity 3 Rolling Along
Activity 4 Ramps
Activity 5 Roller-Coaster Ride
Activity 6 Just a Little Longer
Sand and
Water Center
Activity 1 Sieves and Sifters
Activity 2 Sand Movers
Activity 3 Water Movers
Activity 4 Let’s Make a Lake
Activity 5 Plumber Apprentices
Activity 6 Water Pressure
Activity 7 Help Me Fill This Up
Activity 8 Fill ‘er Up 274
Activity 9 Sand-Table Mountains
Discovery
Center
Activity 1 Pulleys
Activity 2 Balancing Junk
Activity 3 Sticky Elbows
Activity 4 Help Me Pick These Up
Small Group
Activity 1 Clean Up a Spill
Activity 2 Hammer, Hammer, What Do You Do?
Activity 3 Knock It Over
Going
Outdoors
Activity 1 Feather Wind Gauge
Activity 2 Birds Like To Eat, Too
Activity 3 Find a Lion-a Pretty, Yellow Dandelion
Activity 4 Sounds Around Us
Activity 5 The Measurement Walk
Activity 6 Maps: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Activity 7 Animal Watchers
Activity 8 How Much Did It Rain?
Prop Boxes for Science Careers
The Family Connection
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