Methods of engaging preschool-age children in science practices during astronomy activities

Providing preschool children with science learning experiences may improve their later science literacy. Further, research shows that children are capable of engaging in the same kinds of scientific reasoning as adults. An initial step towards increasing the opportunities for children to engage in science is to improve our understanding of how to support children’s engagement in the practices of science in astronomy. To this end, the My Sky Tonight project is developing and evaluating astronomy activities for informal science educators to use with young children. I have gathered video of a series of astronomy workshops that engaged preschool-age children with My Sky Tonight-developed activities. This paper describes features of these museum-based astronomy activities that supported young children in evidence-based science practices.

Plummer, J.D. (2015). Methods of engaging preschool-age children in science practices during astronomy activities. In G. Schultz, S. Buxner, L. Shore, and J. Barnes, Eds. Celebrating Science: Putting Education Best Practices to Work. ASP Conference Series, 500, 61-66.

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Work Title Methods of engaging preschool-age children in science practices during astronomy activities
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    • In G. Schultz, S. Buxner, L. Shore, and J. Barnes (Eds.), Celebrating Science: Putting Education Best Practices to Work
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    • Providing preschool children with science learning experiences may improve their later science literacy. Further, research shows that children are capable of engaging in the same kinds of scientific reasoning as adults. An initial step towards increasing the opportunities for children to engage in science is to improve our understanding
    • of how to support children’s engagement in the practices of science in astronomy. To this end, the My Sky Tonight project is developing and evaluating astronomy activities for informal science educators to use with young children. I have gathered video of a series of astronomy workshops that engaged preschool-age children with My Sky Tonight-developed activities. This paper describes features of these museum-based astronomy activities that supported young children in evidence-based science practices.
    • of how to support children’s engagement in the practices of science in astronomy. To this end, the My Sky Tonight project is developing and evaluating astronomy activities for informal science educators to use with young children. I have gathered video of a series of astronomy workshops that engaged preschool-age children with My Sky Tonight-developed activities. This paper describes features of these museum-based astronomy activities that supported young children in evidence-based science practices.
    • Plummer, J.D. (2015). Methods of engaging preschool-age children in science practices during astronomy activities. In G. Schultz, S. Buxner, L. Shore, and J. Barnes, Eds. Celebrating Science: Putting Education Best Practices to Work. ASP Conference Series, 500, 61-66.
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    • https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ASPC..500...61P/abstract
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    • Providing preschool children with science learning experiences may improve their later science literacy. Further, research shows that children are capable of engaging in the same kinds of scientific reasoning as adults. An initial step towards increasing the opportunities for children to engage in science is to improve our understanding
    • of how to support children’s engagement in the practices of science in astronomy. To this end, the My Sky Tonight project is developing and evaluating astronomy activities for informal science educators to use with young children. I have gathered video of a series of astronomy workshops that engaged preschool-age children with My Sky Tonight-developed activities. This paper describes features of these museum-based astronomy activities that supported young children in evidence-based science practices.
    • of how to support children’s engagement in the _practices of science_ in astronomy. To this end, the _My Sky Tonight_ project is developing and evaluating astronomy activities for informal science educators to use with young children. I have gathered video of a series of astronomy workshops that engaged preschool-age children with _My Sky Tonight_-developed activities. This paper describes features of these museum-based astronomy activities that supported young children in evidence-based science practices.
    • Plummer, J.D. (2015). Methods of engaging preschool-age children in science practices during astronomy activities. In G. Schultz, S. Buxner, L. Shore, and J. Barnes, Eds. Celebrating Science: Putting Education Best Practices to Work. ASP Conference Series, 500, 61-66.