Spinning a Yarn about Adaptations in Different Biomes: Stories and Science for Preschool Learners

Autor/inn/en	Borgerding, Lisa A.; Kaya, Fatma
Titel	Spinning a Yarn about Adaptations in Different Biomes: Stories and Science for Preschool Learners
Quelle	In: Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 55 (2018) 1-2, S.75-87 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8121
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Concept Formation; Summer Programs; Art Education; STEM Education; Teaching Methods; Scientific Concepts; Forestry; Evolution; Ecology; Common Core State Standards; Story Telling; Plants (Botany); Animals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Sommerkurs; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; STEM; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Ökologie; Common core curriculum; Curriculum; Kerncurriculum; Pflanze; Animal; Tier; Tiere
Abstract	Evolution and ecology are essential to an understanding of biology, but questions remain as to when and how young children can learn about these concepts. The concept of adaptation represents an opportunity for children to engage with these ideas, and this article presents several lessons used to teach adaptation to children aged three through six at a summer Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics camp. The lessons incorporate interactive yarn stories to illustrate particular adaptations in three biomes: desert, arctic tundra, and deciduous forest. The yarn stories also introduce environmental features and particular organisms that are used in subsequent investigations. Examples and assessment data from preschool children in this camp are used to illustrate young children's emerging understandings of adaptation throughout these lessons. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01