Science is best understood by providing students with opportunities to make connections between their own world and scientific concepts. What's more natural than using toys as learning tools to teach science to elementary and middle school students? For teachers and students alike, toys can provide motivational and experiential links between science concepts and everyday experience. This session is designed to help teachers guide their students toward exploring and understanding these connections through fun, hands-on activities using inexpensive, readily available toys or common household objects.
Suitable for: educators of elementary and middle school aged students
Books/written instructions: Copy of one or more books in the Teaching Science with TOYS 5-book series will be provided, depending on the duration of the workshop. Books are made available at 40% off retail price.
Workshop durations, topics, and lessons: These will be customized to meet your needs. View the downloadable Table of Contents and National Science Education Standards for the workshop source books listed below to see the available content for this workshop.
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| Mickey Sarquis | |
| mickey@terrificscience.org | |
| Terrific Science, Cincinnati, Ohio |