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Use your state or district core curriculum to find out what areas of science you need to cover. From there find resources that give you ways your students could explore the
Once you have decided on an experiment or exploration, gather the materials. Keep in mind how you want students to use the stuff and how much of it you think you'll need. Get twice as much as you think you'll need. If you only use half of it, you have it for next year. Chances are you'll underestimate how much your students will use. Set up your table or other area where students will have enough room to work without knocking things over or making a mess. I like to have my science center on a table near the sink because it makes clean-up easier. When you introduce your students to the center discuss etiquitte and expectations. Model what the students are to be doing. Then have a set of students model the behaviors. If the center is an experiment that you want to have a surprise outcome, at least introduce the materials and their use. Determine what kind of follow-up you want the students to do and prepare the paperwork or whatever else is needed for it. The majority of the learning will come in the follow-up, so don't short change it. If you want specifics on centers for a particular science topic you can e-mail me. I generally work with younger students, but some experiments and explorations will work with any age group. Have fun!
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