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Science Education ProjectJCCEO Head Start Program 2013-2014
McWane Science CenterChildcare Resources
PNC Bank
PNC-Grow Up GreatYear 2
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Office staff greet families as they arrive for the event.
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Can You Balance a Ruler?Children explored how to balance a ruler on a single cylinder. Each ruler had a different weight. Teachers praised success!
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Can You Balance the Ruler?
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
All In One PuzzlesChildren and families piece together sequence puzzles. Puzzles depicted the growth processes of wild animals.
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Crayon RubbingsVarious science stencils of nature objects, animals, and science tools. Children and parents explored with pleasure as they rubbed the stencils on paper to create a picture.
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Live Animal ExhibitChildren, parents, and staff observed and petted live baby animals including this scaly reptile.
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Can You Complete the Life Cycle?Child pieces together puzzle picture showing the life cycle of a bird.
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FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center
Teacher guides the little girl as she puts together a puzzle picture of an insect’s life cycle.
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FamilyNightAtCalloway Center
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FamilyNightAtCalloway Center
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FamilyNightAtCalloway Center
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Planetarium Pictures Year 1 & 2
As an added bonus in the Grow Up Great Project, Head Start children were able to experience the stars and outer space in a mobile planetarium sponsored by PNC Bank.
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It’s kinda’ dark in there!
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Star gazing in the planetarium
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PNC Planetarium at St. Francis Center
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Children and teachers from Lipscomb Center enjoyed the experience.
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The planetarium experience generated a lot of questions!
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…and more questions!
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Souvenir stickers and booklets from the mobile planetarium visit
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Children hated to leave the planetarium.
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Stars and planets all around!
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…and more questions!
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A great experience!
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The PNC bus transported the planetarium from center to center
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Field Trip!!!!Children visit the McWane Science Center several times during the year to play with the exhibits.
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At McWane Center
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At McWane Center
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At McWane Center
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Discovery Activities
Teachers received materials to implement experiments in their classrooms. Trainers from McWane Science Center and Childcare Resources introduced the activities to teachers during professional development workshops, & gave teachers an opportunity to play with the materials before presenting them to the children.
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Professional DevelopmentAtCalloway Center
Ms. Wilson at Calloway Center learned to make ‘oobleck’ during a training exercise with Childcare Resources.
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Teaching staff learned how to teach children about the layers of the earth using a hands-on activity with apples.
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Teachers learned how to create a simple geyser using funnels and baking soda to teach children how geysers, such as Old Faithful, erupt.
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Teachers learned how to estimate the age of a tree by counting its rings.
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Teaching staff explored bugs and learned useful ways to make bugs fun for children.
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Teachers explored how different items absorb water so that they could share their discoveries with the class.
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Teaching staff learned a fun way to help children understand which items will sink and which items will float.