Let's Try It Out in the Air: Hands-On Early-Learning Science Activities
By: Seymour Simon and Nicole Fauteux
Illustrated by: Doug Cushman
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Simon, S. & Fauteux, N. (2001). Let's Try it in the Air: Hands-On Early-Learning Science Activities. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. |
"Let's Try It Out in the Air shows children ways that they can observe the presence of air and the pressure it exerts. Through a series of activities derived from play, children will acquire a basic understanding of the following concepts: air moves and carries visible objects and invisible particles, air can be captured and used to exert pressure on the inside of an object, air can exert pressure upward and reduce the impact of gravity on an object, the effectiveness of this upward pressure increases with the surface area of an object and the movement of the air beneath it."
Cassady Kennedy, Devon Harvest, and Preeti Sidhu developed this web quest in our READ 4373 class to develop students' interests in reading content area trade books through integrating hands on science activities, children's literature and technology.