Customer Reviews for Castle Heights Press My First Science Notebook

The skills of science can be taught to young children as well as to older, more mature students. The processes of science and scientific thinking can be taught to anyone, especially to the young, developing scientist. Pre-readers can do science. Some of the skills they can use successfully are: measurement, observation, drawing, predicting, guessing, graphing, building, and explaining. This notebook is for the younger scientist who is just starting his or her study of the world around. The student may need help to read the directions, but generally the experiments are easy to understand and to do. They require no fancy equipment, just a thinking cap. This book is for the student, not the teacher, so let your students handle this book and use it as their journal through the year. Not only must a science teacher nurture creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, and factual recall, but the teacher must be able to help the student develop skills like drawing, accuracy in measurement, and chart reading. These are all science skills. This notebook can help. Every young scientist should have an opportunity to do real science. This workbook provides that chance. For an excellent science program for young scientists, you will need: A copy of My First Science Notebook A three ring binder Paper Crayons and pencil Magnifying glass Measuring Tape Thermometer Seeds Cups Soil A few other items from around the house This book even goes with other experiment books and provides a way to record your data from these experiments.