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Sun Prints

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC1.4d
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

Read Sun: Jump Into Science by Steve Tomecek. Give the children two sheets of black construction paper and let them choose six small items that can fi t on their paper. You want the children to compare items on a paper left inside to items on a paper left outside. Find a place in the classroom for the children to place three items on their paper. Next, carry the second paper and other items outside. Plan ahead to designate a sunny area on the playground where the children can place their items and leave them until the next day. The next day, bring the inside papers outside and compare them to the papers left outside. Ask, “What is the difference in color from where the items were placed?” Help the children form a hypothesis about what the sun's rays will do to colored construction paper, and let them continue to explore: “What if we left it in a shady area? Will it still make a print?”  This can be done in small group.  

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