TS EDR Digital Sampler - Flipbook - Page 10
Planning for Investigations
During a study, children spend
multiple weeks asking questions
Containers Planning for the Study
and finding out the answers
to those questions through
engaging hands-on explorations.
Web of Investigations
The Web of Investigations
the investigation questions,
The Creative Curriculum® Studies for Twos: Containers Teaching Guide includes four
investigations aimed at exploring and learning about containers. The children will engage
in hands-on explorations as they discover different ways to open and close containers, what
containers hold, how containers are the same and different, and how people use containers.
related vocabulary words, and
Consider the following questions as you plan for each investigation:
opportunities for teachers to
• How do the containers you will include in the study reflect the diversity in your classroom?
• How can you invite families to support children’s investigations?
• How can you adapt the investigations to reflect your school and community?
provides the overview of
personalize the study for the
children in their classrooms.
You can add these words or ideas to the web or create your own outline or checklist to
collect ideas and map out your plan. Revisit your plan throughout the study to revise and
personalize it, making it your own.
lift
lid
Planning for Investigations:
Review the investigations children
will engage in throughout the
study and questions to promote
personalization.
Investigation Question
How do you open and
close containers?
page 24
shoebox
different shapes
color
Investigation Question
How are containers the
same and different?
page 34
big and small
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