Young Scientist Series

Young Scientist Teacher's Guide Set

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Let your preschoolers unleash their inner scientist! Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, The Young Scientist Series helps young children develop important skills in science-inquiry, literacy and math. Units on nature, structures, and water introduce children to critical thinking skills such as questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories.

$65.25

Teacher's Guide

Let's do real science!

Discovering Nature with Young Children is an inquiry-based curriculum that builds on children's natural curiosity about the living world.

$25.95

Trainer's Set with DVD

This comprehensive trainer's set provides an in-depth look—and visual tour—of the complete Discovering Nature with Young Children curriculum. The trainer's guide takes you through the curriculum step-by-step, with discussion plans, sample charts and forms, and extensive resource suggestions. The full-color trainer's DVD contains eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in use in the classroom.

DVD run time: 40 minutes
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$64.95

Complete Set

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Includes the Teacher's Guide and Trainer's Set.

$85.95

Teacher's Guide

From playground equipment to skyscrapers, structures have a major role in our lives. The second topic in the Young Scientist series, Building Structures with Young Children presents to teachers explorations that deepen children's understanding of building block structures—including concepts such as gravity, stability, and balance.

$25.95

Trainer's Set with DVD

The comprehensive trainer's set makes it easy to get started with the Building Structures with Young Children curriculum. Six basic and eight advanced workshops guide you step-by-step through the curriculum, helping you facilitate as teachers build their skills in inquiry-based teaching and science education. The full-color DVD presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action for observation, reflection, and discussion.

DVD run time: 37 minutes
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$64.95

Complete Set

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Includes the Teacher's Guide and Trainer's Set.

$85.95

Teacher's Guide

Water is in our oceans and rivers, and in the pipes of our houses and schools. Water—in one way or another —is part of every day.

The third component of the Young Scientist Series helps you guide children as they deepen their understanding of liquids and the properties of water. Nationally field-tested, this curriculum helps children develop basic science skills such as questioning, investigating, and discussing, as well as the forming of ideas and theories.

$25.95

Trainer's Set with DVD

This comprehensive trainer's set makes it easy to ground teachers in the Exploring Water with Young Children curriculum. Six basic and eight advanced workshops help you guide teachers step-by-step through the curriculum, developing skills in inquiry-based teaching and science education. The full-color DVD program presents eight real-life vignettes of the curriculum in action to promote observation, reflection, and discussion.

DVD run time: 37 minutes
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$64.95