Podendorf, Illa

Simple experiments with sticks explain the basic concepts of length and width.

Simple experiments reveal the characteristics and uses of magnets.

Explains how the true size of an animal may be determined from and represented in a scale drawing.

Describes the various tools used in observing and recording weight, temperature, time, shape, and size.

Describes how a situation can alter the concept of number, size, and length. Five boys in the stands at a baseball game are only a few but five boys in a swing are a lot.

Defines the basic geometric shapes and illustrates where they can be found in toys, in the home, on the playground, and in living things.

Describes briefly and simply what can be determined about an object by touching it.

Describes simply how and what we learn about food through taste, smell, hearing, touch, and sight.