Science activities can promote social development by:
a) Having teams for each project
b) Learning to share
c) Choosing different tasks for each child
d) Having the teacher assign necessary tasks
Question 2The book Stellaluna can be integrated into every learning center
in all but one of the following ways:
a) By making bat wings in the Art Center
b) By writing a Diary of a Bat in the Writing Center
c) By reading the story in the Book Center
d) By counting the African animals in the Math Center
Question 3Science activities in preschool become popular when:
a) The teacher leads the way
b) Teachers follow childrens interests
c) The topics are exciting
d) They are different from last year
Question 4Children in one class found that no two snowflakes were alike by:
a) Bringing a bucket of snow inside to observe the snowflakes
b) Catching snowflakes outside with their hands
c) Looking at snowflakes outside with a magnifying glass
d) Looking at pictures of snowflakes in a book
Question 5The most important part of the scientific method includes:
a) Posing a problem or question
b) Predicting what will happen
c) Reading books about it
d) Conducting the investigation
Question 6Set up the Science Center based on:
a) The curriculum you must follow
b) Topics of real interest to the children
c) Topics last years children liked best
d) The science text your program is using
Question 7When children show little or no curiosity about things in preschool:
a) You will need to read them many exciting books
b) It means they were probably not curious at home
c) They may have been too restricted at home
d) They were not interested in science to begin with
Question 8Sensory exploration in preschool science involves
all but one of the following:
a) Viewing water through a magnifying glass
b) Using an egg beater in the water table with and without soap
c) Comparing smells of faucet and bottled water
d) Stacking blocks of different sizes