Sesame Street: Science and Curiosity activities

Kids digging in the sand at night with headlights

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The Sesame Street in Communities website offers a number of science and curiosity activities for young children.

Young children’s learning in the field of science and curiosity begins with simple questions asking why, how, when, where and who. By encouraging young children to ask questions, we can help them build their curiosity and use scientific method in their thinking.

This section of the website offers the following:

Articles:

·      Upcycling Crafts

·      Teaching about Tricky Germs

·      Little Engineers

·      Loose Parts

·      Questions, Question!

Printables:

·      Blueprint for Upcycling

·      Let Curiosity Thrive!

·      Saving Paper

·      Questions for a Virus

Interactive Game:

·      Bert & Ernie Reuse & Reinvent

Videos:

·      What Are Germs?

·      STEM and Levers

·      Reuse!

·      Just Ask!

Please note that the site requires registration and setting up a personal password to access the resources.