NEW from PBS: Elementary Science Literacy Series (starts Labor Day)

[Frank W. Baker]

THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! (starting Labor Day on PBS Kids) was created in response to recent findings that children graduating from kindergarten are less prepared to learn about science than about other subjects. The series supports young children’s science learning by introducing scientific inquiry skills, teaching core science concepts and vocabulary, and preparing preschoolers for kindergarten and first grade science curriculum — all in whimsical style.

[Marcy Prager]

The Town of Brookline is now using Science Notebooks to record students' thinking using questions, claims, and evidence. Students make concept maps, (with the big idea in mind), with their teachers, and the students help to direct their learning. Writing is a major part of the children's thinking. I am curious if this will be the same kind of inquiry skills our town is adopting.