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Science Activities for Early Years Children (4 years+)
Smudge's Early Science introduces the basic concepts of science to children aged 4 years and above. Each activity has been created by looking at the requirements listed in different curricular
Activites include helping children to:
- Name Parts of Animals and Plants;
- Pairing to get to know the names of animals and parts of the body;
- Sorting to classifying animals and plants into different groups; and
- Life Stages covering several animals, plants and humans.
The software is designed to be used online, within a browser (such as Internet Explorer) and may be used on a desktop, laptop or tablet.
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Animals and Plants
Life Stages
This activity will help children understand the different stages that humans and animals (frogs, butterflies and chicken) go through by placing pictures in order. Once the stages are placed, children can read or hear more information about each stage. Click to play. |
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Pairing
Simple activity to help children get to know the names of animals, young animals or animals with wings by pairing up image cards with their names. Images of animals can also be paired with the noise they make! Click to play. |
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Naming Parts of Plants and Animals
To become familiar with the main parts of plants and animals, children drag the component parts and labels onto a picture. The activity covers a flower, a tree, a wilted flower, a horse (animal) and a butterfly (insect). Once labels are placed, children can read or hear more information Click to play. |
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Sorting
Classify animals by types (birds, wild animals, sea creatures etc) or by number of legs or objects into living or not living. Click to play. |
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Seeds to Plants
A simulation about growing sunflowers from seeds into large plants by choosing the weather to have on each day. Too much sun causes the plants to wilt, too much snow will cause plants to die from the cold. Click to play. |
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Properties of Materials
Materials
Materials allows children to test the properties of different types of materials found in everyday life using a Robot version of Smudge to smash, bend, stretch or scratch! Children will be able to compare the everyday materials, and classify them, based on their physical properties. Click to play. |
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About Sound
Musical Bottles
Children experiment and can hear the sound created by bottles change as the bottles are filled with water or emptied. A tune can be played out, which can be recorded and played back! Click to play. |
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