Presentation for CHD 120 at Tidewater Community College.

1. SCIENCE LEARNING
CENTER

2. ITEM #1
In every science center their is five categories are required. Each
category is required to have at least 3-5 different materials available
to the children at all times:
Nature Collections
Living things (2)
Science Things
Activities
Factual books and pictures

3. Nature Collections: (ex: pine cones, leaves, plants, and rocks)
Living things (2): (ex: Plants or animals)

4. Science Things: (ex: googles, microscope, magnets, magnifying glass)
Activities: (ex: mixing colors, seeing what is magnetic and what is
not, putting small toys in water and letting them freeze

5. Factual books and pictures: (ex: ABC of science, nature, pictures of
bugs, and science materials)

6. ITEM #2
In order to represent diversity in a science center to must have:
Labels for items with English and Spanish on them
Gloves for the students that do not like getting their hands dirty or
the feel of something
Tall and short chairs for the students tall and short to sit at and be
comfortable

7. ITEM #3
If children have access and interactions in the Science center, they will
develop new skills and abilities such as:
Understanding basic science
Understanding mixing colors

8. ITEM #4
The teachers role is to demonstrate to children how the different
science materials are used to extend learning.
Examples:
Encouraging kids to try new things and how mixing different things
can go together
Using scientific materials in the class room