Science Education ProjectJCCEO Head Start Program 2013-2014

McWane Science CenterChildcare Resources

PNC Bank

PNC-Grow Up GreatYear 2

FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center

Office staff greet families as they arrive for the event.

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!

FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center

Can You Balance the Ruler?

FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center

All In One PuzzlesChildren and families piece together sequence puzzles. Puzzles depicted the growth processes of wild animals.

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.

FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center

Live Animal ExhibitChildren, parents, and staff observed and petted live baby animals including this scaly reptile.

FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center

Can You Complete the Life Cycle?Child pieces together puzzle picture showing the life cycle of a bird.

FamilyNightAtWest CenterStreet Center

Teacher guides the little girl as she puts together a puzzle picture of an insect’s life cycle.

FamilyNightAtCalloway Center

FamilyNightAtCalloway Center

FamilyNightAtCalloway Center

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.

It’s kinda’ dark in there!

Star gazing in the planetarium

PNC Planetarium at St. Francis Center

Children and teachers from Lipscomb Center enjoyed the experience.

The planetarium experience generated a lot of questions!

…and more questions!

Souvenir stickers and booklets from the mobile planetarium visit

Children hated to leave the planetarium.

Stars and planets all around!

…and more questions!

A great experience!

The PNC bus transported the planetarium from center to center

Field Trip!!!!Children visit the McWane Science Center several times during the year to play with the exhibits.

At McWane Center

At McWane Center

At McWane Center

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.

Professional DevelopmentAtCalloway Center

Ms. Wilson at Calloway Center learned to make ‘oobleck’ during a training exercise with Childcare Resources.

Teaching staff learned how to teach children about the layers of the earth using a hands-on activity with apples.

Teachers learned how to create a simple geyser using funnels and baking soda to teach children how geysers, such as Old Faithful, erupt.

Teachers learned how to estimate the age of a tree by counting its rings.

Teaching staff explored bugs and learned useful ways to make bugs fun for children.

Teachers explored how different items absorb water so that they could share their discoveries with the class.

Teaching staff learned a fun way to help children understand which items will sink and which items will float.