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What is an Earthquake?

What is an Earthquake?

by | Sep 14, 2017

What causes an earthquake and how does it affect buildings and people? Learn how the movement of the earth’s plates creates this natural...
Experimenting with Push and Pull

Experimenting with Push and Pull

by | May 16, 2017

Neva Thiessen | Early Childhood Educator | Wichita, Kansas Using a few common objects, students experiment with moving a ball around and learn that they can use the forces of pushing and pulling that they sometimes see in...
Properties of Light

Properties of Light

by | May 11, 2017

Neva Thiessen | Early Childhood Educator | Wichita, Kansas A flashlight and a few different types of paper or material are used to teach young children about light. The teacher and students experiment with ways that light does and does not pass through objects then...
Exploring Shadows and Light

Exploring Shadows and Light

by | Apr 17, 2017

Katie Holzman | Discovery Place Preschool | Wichita, Kansas The teacher and students go outside on a sunny day to learn about their shadows. They observe their own shadows as the move around, look for other objects that have shadows, and answer questions about light...
Demonstrating Solid, Liquid and Gas with Water

Demonstrating Solid, Liquid and Gas with Water

by | Mar 10, 2017

Sumita Ghosh | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas The teacher shows students a glass of water as an example of a liquid, some ice as an example of the solid form, and steam as an example of gas. Then she asks them to color in a sheet that shows these same...
Teaching Magnetic Force: Bag Fishing

Teaching Magnetic Force: Bag Fishing

by | Feb 22, 2017

Neva Thiessen | Early Childhood Educator | Wichita, Kansas A game that teaches students about magnets and what is attracted to them and what is not. Using a “fishing pole” and a bag of items that include some metal items and some non-metal items, students learn that...