... learning process via hands-on/minds-on science activities. Uses appropriate tools to collect and analyze data and solve problems. Length of Unit: Five days, thirty minutes per day Materials and Equipment: • Living/Nonliving Items • Water • Container • Assorted items to test for sink/float • Pots • Soil • Recycling Materials • Live Flowers Technology Connections: Approaches toward Learning • Children can be successful in school in many ways. Curiosity, creativity, independence, cooperativeness, and persistence are some of the approaches that enhance early learning and development. • Plan for using all the senses when working on the computer. For example, if you use musical software, make sure children can experience a variety of instruments in the "real world" along with their experiences in the "electronic world." Let them hear music from a real instrument, smell and feel the wood, strings and keys, and feel the shape and weight of different instruments. • Provide plenty of interactions with things in their environment. • Balance time ...

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