Picture Science, Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children, by Carla Neuman-Hinds. Redleaf Press. 2007
This is a wonderful book to help you get started introducing children to nature science. It includes dozens of photographs and sample lesson plans, many with a focus on plants. It is divided into four sections: photography for collecting and analyzing data, photography for demonstrating conclusions, photography for making the process of inquiry visible, and photography for creating documentation. One great idea is a photo-scavenger hunt. Take close-up photographs of nature around the school and mount them on cardboard. Have the children match one card at a time to the actual objects out in the yard. There are ideas for creating charts, sequencing, sorting and matching activities, puzzles and making books. It is very concrete and will inspire you to invent your own activities. You do not have to be a scientist or a photographer to implement the great ideas in your classroom.
This is a wonderful book to help you get started introducing children to nature science. It includes dozens of photographs and sample lesson plans, many with a focus on plants. It is divided into four sections: photography for collecting and analyzing data, photography for demonstrating conclusions, photography for making the process of inquiry visible, and photography for creating documentation. One great idea is a photo-scavenger hunt. Take close-up photographs of nature around the school and mount them on cardboard. Have the children match one card at a time to the actual objects out in the yard. There are ideas for creating charts, sequencing, sorting and matching activities, puzzles and making books. It is very concrete and will inspire you to invent your own activities. You do not have to be a scientist or a photographer to implement the great ideas in your classroom.
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