Making new discoveries

Our littlest learners use play to explore key scientific concepts and to make new discoveries about the world around them.

Paper plane construction

A spontaneous request to make a paper plane led to the exploration of the concepts of flight, gravity, force, aerodynamics and motion.

The children demonstrated delight in discovering how they could fly their planes through the air as well as seeing how far or high they could get their plane to fly. Using problem solving skills and trial and error, they experimented with a variety of throwing techniques and launch heights.

Newton’s laws of motion are explored when young children play and experiment with homemade planes. They learn that an object won’t move by itself without a push, and how far and how fast the plane flies depends on the force of the motion.

Building rocket cars

Young children have an innate attraction to being hands-on with their learning. It supports them to understand concepts and retain information. ELC students investigated and explored the concepts of force and motion using loose parts and recycled materials to build their very own rocket cars.

Fabulous discussions and discoveries with educators ensued on how the air was powering the cars. Do you know that the amount of air in the balloon determines how far the car travels?

We love science!