{"id":5254,"date":"2018-10-01T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundthekampfire.com\/?p=5254"},"modified":"2023-06-12T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T23:36:34","slug":"4-things-to-teach-in-science-at-the-beginning-of-the-year-science-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundthekampfire.com\/4-things-to-teach-in-science-at-the-beginning-of-the-year-science-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Things to Teach in Science at the Beginning of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my most often asked questions during back to school time is, “When do we start science?”. I’ve never met a child who didn’t love  science and especially science experiments. These teaching ideas and beginning of the year science activities will help you introduce science in your classroom and lay a foundation for future science lessons.<\/p>\n

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Beginning of the year science activities<\/h2>\n

Most students arrive in my classroom knowing what a scientist is and have an idea of what a scientist does. Expand on that knowledge by reading books about scientists and the process they use. Take the opportunity to discuss science as knowledge and understanding about our natural world that is based on facts that scientists learn through observation, experimenting, collaboration, and problem solving.<\/p>\n

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I like to center my lessons and  back to school science activities around questions students have. Each day we have a mini lessons to ask and answer a new question. Students are paired for partner talks to discuss them further before coming back to the group and sharing their thoughts. Some of the questions they discuss are, “What jobs do scientists do?” and “What skills do scientists use to do their jobs?”. Build on this throughout the year as you introduce technology, engineering, and math into your science lessons.<\/p>\n

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Grab these free scientists and types of science posters.<\/p>\n