The science center is a wonderful, exciting place for mixing, manipulating, experimenting, and exploring the world. In the science center, children have opportunities to use all their senses as they explore nature and basic scientific principles. They learn geology as they examine, compare, and experiment with different types of rocks. Chemistry is taught through mixing different substances together and watching the results.
Botany is taught through sprouting seeds, watering plants, and watching how they grow and change.
The science center is an active, lively place that is full of change and opportunities for wonder. It is a good idea to locate the science center near a sink, if possible. Be creative with come other great textures such as oatmeal, beans, or shaving cream. Using these mediums, children explore textures, consistencies, shapes, volume, concepts of empty and full, quantities and conservation. By adding various shaped cups, sand tools, and containers for pouring, and measuring children will be engaged in creative learning and enjoying themselves as well.