Course Details

CCEI440: Sensational Science

Course ID 71466

ChildCare Education Institute

(800) 499-9907

Description

This course examines age appropriate guidelines and activities for setting up a science center that includes activities that build curiosity. Upon successful completion of this course, student should be able to define science as it relates to preschool children and identify appropriate materials to include in a science center.

1.00 Hours / 0.10 CEUs

Course Level

Informal

CEU Course

Course Category

Early Childhood

General Course

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Steps to advance children's physical and intellectual development (1 Hour)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Infant and Toddler

Head Start/Early Head Start

Infants (0-12 months)

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Two's (25-36 months)

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

• Define discovery science
• List the main purpose and benefits of science in the early childhood curriculum
• Identify important health and safety policies for conducting science activities
• Compare and contrast informal, formal, and incidental science activities.
• Define general types of science
• Identify important inquiry skills
• Identify the purpose of having a science center in the classroom
• Define the role of the teacher in the classroom as it related to science

There are no events currently scheduled for this course.