Topics for preschoolers under biological sciences?

Question

i am an educator student. please give me atleast 5 topics for preschoolers under biological science and with some details on it. thanks, it would be a great help!

Answer 1

I love teaching science to preschoolers! They are interested in everything! My rule of thumb was always to teach something tangible. A great topic is mammals, reptiles, and birds--you can talk about the fact that mammals are warm blooded, give birth to live babies, and have hair/fur, while reptiles are cold blooded, have scales, and lay eggs. And birds, of course, have feathers, are warm blooded, and lay eggs. This topic can be taught in so many ways: sorting pictures into categories, art projects, "name that mammal" charades, beginning science books, etc. You could also talk about what each animal eats, where it lives, etc.

Apples or pumpkins are another great topic. You can talk about how they grow, different kinds of each, what kinds of foods are made with them, how they are fruit, use the seeds for sorting and counting, and do various art projects. When I taught an apples unit once, I was able to go to the library and find a documentary made for kids about apples--it showed how they grew and were harvested.

Human anatomy is also a good topic for preschoolers--you can talk about the different parts of the face, for example, and then talk about the five senses as well. You can also talk about emotions and what facial expressions go with which emotion. They can practice with mirrors, draw faces to go with emotions, etc.

The butterfly life cycle is a fantastic topic, and there is tons of information for you to choose from to teach it. Metamorphasis, body parts, and the actual cycle can all be taught. You can also compare the life cycle of a butterfly to that of a human.

The 4 seasons is an excellent topic too. You can talk about what kinds of clothing you wear during different seasons, and what holidays fall in certain seasons. You can also talk about what happens with the weather and trees/plants during different seasons.

Finally, learning the difference between "alive" and "not alive" is a wonderful  topic, especially for children. Many of them don't know that rocks, shells, and inanimate objects are not alive. This also could involve sorting pictures to teach this, as well as different art projects like having the kids draw items on one half of a paper of things that are not alive, and on the other side draw things that are alive.

I've listed a couple great websites I used to use when I taught. Hope this is helpful!

Answer 2

Here are some ideas: growth and decay, healthy eating, exercise and happy hearts, animals, pets, babies.

What ever topicsa you explore with the under fives you need to keep it relevant, meaningful and start with the child so it is familiar, for instance, what can you do now that you couldn' t do when you were a baby? What do babies need? Or if growing sunflowers, what does the seed need to help it to grow, how can we measure how much it has grown?

Hope this helps

Answer 3

We did a unit on Plants this past spring in my classroom and it was a great success! We learned about life cycles, what plants need to grow, how they grow and that they are living things, pollination and reproduction, and how plants contribute to our survival. We were able to keep it relevant by growing some pea plants (which are still growing after the unit was finished), looking in our natural environment for plants/flowers, and doing it in the springtime provided great first hand examples.

Answer 4

found this website..hope it might be helpful

http://www.parentingscience.com/preschoo...