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Science Play
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Conductivity Tester
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Decolonization of Iodine
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Egg in a Flask
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Extraction of DNA
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Fruit Cell
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Fuel Cell
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Hovercraft
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Iron gains mass
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Left Hand Rule
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Longs model
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Osmosis
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Paper Chromatograph
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Photosynthesis
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Pulse Counter
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Robot
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Solar geyser
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Travel mobile charger
Why Science Play
Albert Einstein once said “play is the best form of research”. It is now widely recognised that children learn through play. All children seem to have a natural curiosity to actively explore, ask questions, make connections, and understand themselves and their world.
Providing positive science experiences in early childhood is vitally important as these experiences will lay the foundations for future learning. Research shows that 75% of brain development occurs during the first few years of life so it is important that we provide experiences for young children that foster their physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth.
Science is all about exploring and discovering, finding out why and how something is so. Science can be found everywhere, whether you’re baking a cake, observing insects in the garden, looking at your shadow or even throwing a ball.
Play promotes creativity and flexibility and provides opportunities for taking risks and exploring different outcomes in a safe environment. American Psychologist Jerome Bruner pointed out in his book Play: Its role in Development and Evolution (1976) that in play the process is more important than the end product. Through play, the child is practising skills and problem solving techniques which they can then apply to real-life situations.
A scientific process of “trial and error” welcomes unexpected outcomes and interprets them as valuable information, not as failure. This concept was expressed by the inventor of the light bulb Thomas A. Edison when he said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. A child trying to complete a puzzle may systematically test different pieces to fit into one area of the puzzle. Even if the pieces are incorrect, the child is getting closer to the solution by ruling out others.