{"id":447304,"date":"2010-03-19T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T13:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2468"},"modified":"2010-03-19T09:51:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T13:51:53","slug":"teaching-process-skills-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-the-science-book-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/447304","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills With Children\u2019s Literature: The Science Book of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Introduction and Summary <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0”Imagine a world without color.\u00a0 It would be like living in an old movie.<\/p>\n

Color makes our world a pleasure to look at.”<\/p>\n

The Science Book of Color<\/a> by Neil Ardley<\/a>\u00a0 with photography by Pete Gardner<\/a> is a great children’s book for introducing the concept of color and science experiments.\u00a0 This is a short book written in terms easy for kids to understand.\u00a0 The photographs are intriguing and very relevant to each experiment.\u00a0 You might not think that there can be too many things to experiment with color but there are for sure and this book proves it.\u00a0 With experiments about making vegetable dye to simulating a sunset, this book is a great beginner scientist resource. \u00a0 It contains many science experiments that are very reasonable for a classroom or home project and many of the experiments require minimal adult assistance.\u00a0\u00a0 Although most appropriate for upper elementary grades, this book can be used for lower grades as well with more adult assistance.\u00a0 Another great thing about this book is that in the beginning, the author lists ways to, “be a safe scientist”, which includes rules and expectations for a good and safe experiment.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book would be a great resource to use for many grades and to have in a class library to inspire interest in experiments.\u00a0 The Science Book of Color would be especially useful for use with instruction on helping kids to\u00a0 understand the nature of science and scientific reasoning and logic. The book has page after page of interesting, simple and fun science experiments all having to do with color.\u00a0 This book would be great to use when teaching how to follow through with an experiment and follow all the steps to get an end result.\u00a0 It would also be good to use for having kids determine a set of questions they want the answers to and developing an experiment to find those answers. (VA SOLs, 6.1i, 4.1l, 1.1d and 1.1j)<\/p>\n

Additional Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some great web resources that might be helpful when teaching about process skills.<\/p>\n

This one has links to many science experiments<\/a> similar to the book.\u00a0 These are great to do at home and are simple enough for younger children.<\/p>\n

This site has a list of frequently asked questions about color<\/a> and their answers. This site would be much better used with older students.\u00a0 Again this site can be used at home or at school.<\/p>\n

Here’s another great one for kids with cool science projects and interesting information<\/a> about things like, “why is a school bus yellow?” etc. and other questions that young children ask about color.<\/p>\n

General Information <\/strong><\/p>\n

Book:\u00a0 The Science Book of Color<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: Neil Ardley<\/a><\/p>\n

Illustrator: (photographer), Pete Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher:\u00a0 Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace & Company<\/p>\n

Publication Date: 1991<\/p>\n

Grade Range: 2-5<\/p>\n

ISBN: 0152005765<\/p>\n

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