Science Meets Lanza Learning Center with Vicki Cobb
This is the home of the professional development program of the Lanza Learning Center with Vicki Cobb. It is the mission of the Lanza Learning Center to expose children to science and technology from an early age. This means:
Developing an awareness on the part of the teachers of what scientific behavior is, which occurs all the time, even in the youngest children, who are natural scientists. This will allow them to reinforce such behavior when they see it.
Giving a background to teachers of science as a process: That it is interacting with nature to produce information that is verifiable by others who can repeat the procedures and see for themselves.
Demonstrating hands-on activities for children where they can experience how science works. Vicki Cobb is an expert at bringing science into the everyday world of children, instead of dragging them into the world of science they are not yet prepared to understand.
Introducing teachers to science as a body of work produced by this process that has been accumulating over the past four centuries and has the power to create a technology that has transformed the way we live. Science is the original wiki--the result of the collaborative efforts of thousands of scientists over the centuries.
This wiki is a record of the activities of the ten biweekly sessions with Vicki Cobb. The course is based on the following Vicki Cobb books:
Science Play series published by HarperCollins:
Session 2: I Fall Down
Session 3: I See Myself
Session 4: I Get Wet
Session 5: I Face the Wind
Discover Your Senses series published by Millbrook Press (Lerner Publishing)
Session 6: Feeling Your Way: Discover Your Sense of Touch
Session 7: Follow Your Nose: Discover Your Sense of Smell
Session 8: Your Tongue Can Tell: Discover Your Sense of Taste
Session 9: Perk Up Your Ears: Discover Your Sense of Hearing
Session 10: Open Your Eyes: Discover Your Sense of Sight
The teachers' pages are journals of their experiences with their children as this program unfolds. The Discussion tabs are comments and questions for the teachers. Questions for Vicki Cobb can be entered on the Discussion tab on her page.
Science Meets Lanza Learning Center with Vicki Cobb
This is the home of the professional development program of the Lanza Learning Center with Vicki Cobb. It is the mission of the Lanza Learning Center to expose children to science and technology from an early age. This means:
This wiki is a record of the activities of the ten biweekly sessions with Vicki Cobb. The course is based on the following Vicki Cobb books:
Science Play series published by HarperCollins:
Session 2: I Fall Down
Session 3: I See Myself
Session 4: I Get Wet
Session 5: I Face the Wind
Discover Your Senses series published by Millbrook Press (Lerner Publishing)
Session 6: Feeling Your Way: Discover Your Sense of Touch
Session 7: Follow Your Nose: Discover Your Sense of Smell
Session 8: Your Tongue Can Tell: Discover Your Sense of Taste
Session 9: Perk Up Your Ears: Discover Your Sense of Hearing
Session 10: Open Your Eyes: Discover Your Sense of Sight
The teachers' pages are journals of their experiences with their children as this program unfolds. The Discussion tabs are comments and questions for the teachers. Questions for Vicki Cobb can be entered on the Discussion tab on her page.