Description : The course will give the opportunity to students to become familiar with objects, events, phenomena, concepts and methods, as well as the cultural characteristics of natural sciences
After completing the course successfully students will be able to:
- know and explain natural phenomena that are usually included in the curriculum of Preschool Education with the help of basic concepts of physics
- know elements of the methodology of natural sciences
- know elements of the cultural component of knowledge of natural sciences
- use concepts and methodology of natural sciences to analyze laboratory data and produce conclusions derived from them
- use concepts and methodology of natural sciences to design and implement preschool teaching activities
Outline : Unit 1: Experimentation as a basic methodology in the natural sciences)
Unit 2: Sound and Waves
Unit 3: Propagation of light (Light and shadows)
Unit 4: Propagation of light (Light and color)
Unit 5: Magnets and electromagnets
Unit 6: Electrical energy
Unit 7: Ρenewable forms of energy
Unit 8: Planning of natural science teaching activities in preschool education