Recommended Curricula Early Childhood Science Curricula as of 2017

Curricula at a glance

MarvelousExplorationsThroughScienceandStories

� Free!

� 9unitswith12-16lessonsineach

� Take-HomeInformation/ExperienceCard,HeadStartDomainsandIndicatorchart

PeepandtheBigWideWorld

� Free!

� 6unitswith45lessonsineachunit

� LearningCenterMaterials,CurriculumPlanner,TeachingStrategyTips

GreatExplorationsinMathandSciencenter

� $20-30perlesson

� 9unitswithvaryingnumbersoflessons

� Libraryresourcesandliteracyconnectionslisted

EarlyChildhoodHands-OnScience

� Feethatvariesbyunit

� 9unitswith4lessonsperunit

� Scriptedlessonswithadditionalinteractivecards

CurriculumMarvelousExplorationsThroughScienceand

Stories(MESS)

PeepandtheBigWideWorld

GreatExplorationsinMathandScience

(GEMS)

EarlyChildhoodHands-OnScience(ECHOS)

AgeGroup(s) Earlychildhood 3-5with0-2ageadaptations Pre-Kthrough6th 3-4yearsold

Units

Animals,InsectsandSpiders,Investigating

Water,KitchenScience,MyBodyMySenses,OurNaturalWorld,PhysicalScience,PlantLife,PrehistoricLife

Color,Plants,Ramps,Shadows,Sounds,Water

AnimalDefenses,AntHomesUnderGround,EggsEggsEverywhere,ElephantsandTheir

Young,HideaButterfly,Ladybugs,Mother

OpossumsandHerBabies,PenguinsandTheirYoung,

TreeHomes

RainyWeather,BeginningBotanist,FeatheredFriends,BusyBuzzingBees,DiscoveringShells,BlocksMeasureUp,WaterPlay,AstonishingAir,MagnificentMagnets

LessonsPerUnit 12to16 45 Variesbyunit 4

AdditionalResources

Take-HomeInformation/ExperienceCard,HeadStartDomains

andIndicatorchart

LearningCenterMaterials,CurriculumPlanner,TeachingStrategyTips

Libraryresourcesandliteracyconnectionsare

listed

Interactivecards(smalleractivitiesthatcompliment

thelessons)

Scripted Outlined Outlined Yes YesCostForEntireCurriculum FREE FREE $20-30perlesson $760plusshipping

CostofPre-MadeKits Materiallistprovided Materiallistprovided Materialslistprovided

Pre-madekitsavailablewithVaryingcost($33.60-$189perkitdependingon

unit)Professional

DevelopmentToolsIncluded

No Yes GEMSAssociatetrainingrequiredforfacilitator Yes

Developedby FloridaMuseumofNaturalHistory

WGBHEducationalFoundation

UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,LawrenceHallof

ScienceFrostScience

CollaborativeforEarlyScienceLearningpartnerwhousesthiscurriculum

Sciencenter,MarylandScienceCenter Sciencenter TurtleBayExploratorium FrostScienceand

Sciencenter

Formoreinformation–usethesetermsinyour

search

MESScurriculum,MarvelousExplorationsThroughScienceand

Stories,HeadStartSciencecurriculum

PEEPcurriculum,Peepandthebigwideworld,WGBHsciencecurriculum,contact

aCESLpartner

LHSGEMScurriculum,Berkeleyscience

curriculum,LawrenceHallofSciencecurriculum,contactaCESLpartner

ECHOSscience,STEMProfessionals–FrostScience,MiamiScienceMuseumcurriculum,contactaCESLpartner

Creditsandrights

DevelopedbytheSciencenterfortheCollaborativeforEarlyScienceLearning.Contact:LaurenVanDerzee,lvanderzee@sciencenter.orgCopyright2017,Sciencenter,IthacaNY

ThisprojectwasmadepossibleinpartbytheInstituteofMuseumandLibraryServices