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Young children are born scientists with an innate desire to analyze and investigate the world around them. Creative Investigations in Early Science helps educators expand and encourage young learners’ inquisitive nature as they explore the physical, life, and earth sciences.
Each chapter provides educators practical and approachable ways to intentionally foster young scientists’ hands-on, minds-on explorations in the following areas:
Each chapter provides educators practical and approachable ways to intentionally foster young scientists’ hands-on, minds-on explorations in the following areas:
- Matter and physical properties
- Physical and chemical changes
- Conservation and sustainability
- Earth and space systems
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Angela Eckhoff
Angela Eckhoff, PhD, is an associate professor of Teaching and Learning–Early Childhood Education and director of the Virginia Early Childhood Policy Center at Old Dominion University. She holds a dual PhD from the University of Colorado–Boulder in educational psychology and cognitive science. She is a coeditor of the Full STEAM Ahead column for Teaching Young Children from NAEYC. Dr. Eckhoff studies the role of creativity in child development and learning, arts-based research and pedagogical practices, and early STEAM learning in both classroom and museum settings.
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