DAWN
Level C STEM Exploration
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Book Title: Dawn STEM Exploration Level C
ISBN: 978-81-980004-8-4
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WPreface
elcome to DAWN, our comprehensive series for Early Childhood Education that has been meticulously crafted to align with the guidelines of the Foundational Stage as outlined in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. This series is designed to provide a holistic learning experience, fostering the comprehensive development of young learners in accordance with the developmental milestones and learning outcomes specified in the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2022.
DAWN offers a rich blend of interactive and activity-based content to nurture each child's physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual growth. Our approach ensures that learning is enjoyable and meaningful, catering to every child's interests and abilities. By integrating various domains of development, we aim to create an environment where children can thrive, explore their unique potentials and cultivate a lifelong love for learning. The curriculum is structured to promote Physical Development by incorporating activities that enhance motor skills, health, and overall physical well-being. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a critical component focusing on building empathy, cooperation, and strong interpersonal relationships. Through engaging and thought-provoking activities, children develop Intellectual Capacities, fostering critical thinking, problemsolving, and a curious mind.
In line with the NCF 2022, DAWN also emphasises Spiritual and Moral Development, encouraging children to understand and embody values such as honesty, integrity, and respect for others. We aim to instill a sense of responsibility towards the environment, promoting sustainable practices from an early age.
Our curriculum is not just a series of lessons but a journey of discovery, growth, and joy. We believe that every child is unique, and our tailored approach ensures that each learner can engage with the content in a way that resonates with their individual needs and interests. By providing a nurturing and stimulating environment, DAWN sets the foundation for future success, preparing children not just for school, but for life.
The DAWN Level C Kit includes:
1. Literacy Skillbook
3. Numeracy Skillbook
5. General Awareness
7. Art and Craft
9. Reader
2. Literacy Workbook
4. Numeracy Workbook
6. STEM Exploration
8. Rhymes and Stories
Free Additional Resources:
• Flash Cards
• Sticker Sheets
• Suggested Activities List, for teachers and parents
• Teacher's Manual
• Digital Learning Resources
Thank you for embarking on this educational journey with us. Together, we can make the dawn of early childhood education a bright and promising start for every child.
About The Book
The early years of a child’s life are filled with curiosity and a natural desire to explore. Every question they ask and every observation they make lays the groundwork for understanding the world. The STEM Exploration book has been carefully crafted to introduce young learners to scientific concepts in age-appropriate experiments and activities. These hands-on experiments are designed to be done under the supervision of adults. The learners can imbibe the concept both through observation of and participation in the experiments provided. Each experiment introduces the concepts in a fun, interactive way. The activities are easy to demonstrate, allowing children to be guided through playful exploration. These experiments encourage young learners to observe, ask questions, and actively participate, developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
At this age, learning should be driven by play and discovery. By engaging in these activities, children will start building an early foundation for STEM learning in a way that feels natural and enjoyable. As parents and educators, your role is key. By sharing your enthusiasm for these activities, you’ll inspire children to love learning and exploring. We hope this book sparks curiosity and a sense of wonder, opening the door to a lifelong interest in STEM. Happy exploring!
A Look Inside
Exploring Leaves with All Five Senses
In this fun activity, we are going to learn about leaves using all the five senses—sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch.
Let’s Collect
) Leaves of different colours (green, red, yellow, brown)
) Edible leaves (basil, mint, coriander)
) Dry leaves
) Twigs
Let’s Do
1. Look at the leaves. Notice their colours.
Creativity and Play-and-Activity-based Learning
Simple and enjoyable exercises to be more aware of their sense organs and to grasp key concepts and remember them as muscle memory.
Learning by Doing
Easy-to-do experiments that help children understand basic scientific concepts such as magnetism. Activities like simple origami hones fine motor skills and improves their understanding of space and shapes.
Water Makes Music
In this fun activity, we will learn how the amount of water in a container can change the sound made by that container.
Let’s Collect
) 3 clear glasses
) Water ) Pencil
Let’s Do
1. Take the glasses.
2. Fill them with different amounts of water.
3. Tap the top of their glasses gently with a pencil.
Observation, SORTING AND CLASSIFICATION, Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking
Scientific Inquiry and Investigation, Innovation
Exercises that encourage children to understand concepts of physics such as light, reflection and refraction, through simple experiments, thereby nurturing a scientific temperament in them.
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Leafy Scrapbook
In this activity, we will identify different types of plants by their leaves.
Let’s Collect
) A scrapbook
) Sellotape
) Different kinds of leaves
Let’s Do
1. You need to take an adult’s help for this activity. Ask them to name a few plants or trees that grow near your house.
2. Either take their help or by yourself break off a leaf from those trees/plants.
3. In each scrapbook page, paste the leaf with Sellotape.
4. Write the name of the tree/plant below the leaf.
5. Write words to describe the leaf: soft, smooth, shiny, green, yellow, red, brown, thick, rough, hairy, round, long, etc.
6. You may even sketch the leaf on your own.
Now We Know
) Leaves can help us identify plants.
) By observing and comparing leaves, we can learn to recognize different types of plants.
For the teacher
This activity makes children familiar with the local plants. It is also a creative way for them to remember the names of those plants.
• Encourage children to describe the characteristics of each leaf: “What shape is it? What colour is it? How big or small is it?”
Water Has Weight
In this fun activity, we are going to learn that water has weight.
Let’s Collect
) A dry sponge
) A small bucket
) Water
Let’s Do
1. Hold the dry sponge in your hands. Feel how heavy or light it is.
2. Dip the sponge in water till it is fully wet.
3. Now hold it in your hands again. Feel its weight. Circle the correct answer. It weighs more. It weighs less.
Now We Know
) Water has a weight.
For the teacher
• This activity helps children understand that water has weight.
• Ensure that water is not wasted in doing this experiment.
• Ask questions about weight to enhance their critical thinking.
Creating a Breeze: Fun with Air
In this fun activity, children will learn how softly moving air causes breeze, and how it feels on our skin.
Let’s Collect
) Paper fans (or folded paper)
) Thin books or notebooks (for fanning)
) Small, lightweight objects like feathers or bits of paper
Let’s Do
1. Hold your fan or book.
2. Wave it quickly back and forth to create a breeze.
Do you feel a soft blow of air on your face?
Circle the correct answer.
Yes No
3. Now wave your fan over the paper strips.
What happens to the paper strips. Circle the correct answer
They move
Now We Know
They stay still
) Softly moving air creates breeze.
) We feel breeze on our skin.
) Moving air can also move things.
For the teacher
This activity helps children understand that air, though invisible, can be felt and moves things around us.
Encourage them to understand the concept of moving air more by waving their fan faster or slower and seeing the changes.
Magic Flower
In this fun activity, children will learn that plants use water with the help of their stems.
Let’s Collect
) White flowers (like carnations or daisies)
) Clear cups or jars
) Water
) Food colouring (any colour)
Let’s Do
1. Fill each jar/cup halfway with water.
2. Add a few drops of food colouring to the water.
3. Place one white flower into each cup, with the stem in the coloured water.
4. Watch over the next few hours as the flowers begin to change colour!
Is your flower starting to change colour? Circle the correct answer. Yes No
5. Check back the next day to see how much the colour of the flower petals have changed.
Now We Know
) Plants can take in water.
) Plants use their stem to take in water.
For
the teacher
• Encourage children to describe what they see and ask them to predict what will happen next.
• Dark colours make the changes more visible.
• This is a slow process, so check in periodically after a few hours.
Exploring Leaves with All Five Senses
In this fun activity, we are going to learn about leaves using all the five senses—sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch.
Let’s Collect
) Leaves of different colours (green, red, yellow, brown)
) Edible leaves (basil, mint, coriander)
) Dry leaves
) Twigs
Let’s Do
1. Look at the leaves. Notice their colours.
2. Touch the leaves.
How do they feel? Circle the correct answer.
Soft
3. Taste the edible leaves.
Rough
How does it taste? Circle the correct answer.
Sweet
Bitter
4. Crush the dry leaves with your hands. Listen to the sound of dry leaves.
What sound do they make? Circle the correct answer.
Crunchy
Quiet
5. Smell the different leaves. Do all the leaves smell the same?
Now We Know
Leaves are different in they way they look.
) Some leaves are soft, some are rough.
) Some leaves have a certain kind of smell and taste.
) Dry leaves make a crunchy sound when crushed.
For the teacher
• This activity enhances observation and sensory skills of learners.
• Ensure the leaves are safe to touch and smell. Leaves that are to be tasted must be washed properly first and done under adult supervision.
• Ensure that the classroom is cleaned after this experiment and that these wastes are either put in compost or in wet waste bins.
Magic Mix!
In this fun activity, we will learn what happens when we mix different things in water.
Let’s Collect
) 3 small cups
) Sand ) Sugar
) Salt
) Water
) Spoon
Let’s Do
1. Take 3 cups of water.
2. In the first cup, add a spoonful of sugar and stir. Does the sugar mix in the water? Circle the correct answer. Yes No
3. In the second cup, add a spoonful of salt and stir.
Does the salt mix in water? Circle the correct answer.
Yes No
4. In the third cup, add a spoonful of sand and stir.
Does the sand mix with water? Circle the correct answer.
Yes No
5. Now, mix sugar, salt, and sand in one cup of water.
6. Stir the mixture.
What do you see? Circle the correct answer.
everything mixes in the water
only sand does not mix
nothing mixes in the water
Now We Know
) Some solids, like sugar and salt, dissolve in water, but others, like sand, do not.
For the teacher
This activity helps children understand which solids dissolve in water and which do not. It also encourages observation and exploration of how different materials interact with water. Ensure that the solutions are not drunk by the children.
Magnet Magic
In this fun activity, we will learn how a magnet can pull some things towards itself. We will also learn how magnets can stick to things.
Let’s Collect
) A magnet
) Various objects (paperclip, key, plastic spoon, steel spoon, crayon, socks)
Let’s Do
1. Hold your magnet and bring it near the paperclip and the crayon. Which object sticks to the magnet? Circle the correct answer.
Paperclip
Crayon
2. Now place the magnet close to other objects like keys, plastic spoons, and socks.
Which ones stick? Circle the correct answer.
Socks
3. Now, take the magnet and bring it close to the window railing, a fridge, or any metal door/window.
What do you see? Circle the correct answer.
The magnet sticks The magnet does not stick
Now We Know
) Magnets can pull some objects.
) Magnets can stick to some things like window railings and fridges.
For the teacher
This activity encourages children to observe and explore the properties of magnets. Discuss why certain objects stick and others don’t, focusing on the concept of metals. Ensure that students do not bring the magnets close to sharp objects or switchboards & wires.
Hot and Cold Coins
In this fun activity, we will learn what it feels like touching a hot and a cold object
Let’s Collect
) Coins
) A sunny spot
) Cold water
Let’s Do
1. Take a coin and place it in a sunny spot for a few minutes.
2. Now, place the coin in your palm
How does it feel?
Warm
Cold
4. Place the coin in a bowl of cold water. Then, place it in your palm. How does it feel now?
Hot
Cold
Now We Know
) Coins can be felt to be hot or cold depending on where we place them!
For the teacher
This activity helps children understand the concept of heat and cold. Encourage them to compare how the coin feels before and after placing it in different spots. Discuss how the sun, water, and cold temperatures affect objects.
Floating a Raft
In this fun activity, we will see that wood can float on water.
Let’s Collect
) Ice cream sticks
) Paper ) Glue
) Tub or bucket, filled with water
Let’s Do
1. Glue the ice cream sticks to the four sides of the paper, forming a frame.
2. Then, add more sticks in the middle (one after the other).
3. Let the glue. Your raft is ready.
4. Place the raft on the water in the tub.
What do you notice? Is the raft sinking?
Yes No
Now We Know ) Wood can float on water.
For the teacher
This activity demonstrates that wood floats on water. Ask children to observe how the paper behaves without the ice cream sticks and compare it to when the sticks are attached.
• Let children experiment with different sizes of ice-cream stick rafts. You can also demonstrate that ice-cream sticks do not float when their edges are towards the water instead of their flat sides/faces.
Fun with Bubbles
Let’s Collect
) A small container
) Soap
) Water
) Bubble wand
Let’s Do
1. Mix water and soap in the container. What do you see? Circle the correct answer.
Bubbles No bubbles
2. Dip the bubble wand into the mixture.
3. Blow gently to create bubbles
4. Observe how these bubble float before bursting.
Now We Know
We can create bubbles with the help of soap and water.
) Bubbles float in air.
For the teacher
• This activity introduces the concept of air and how it helps create bubbles.
• Encourage children to blow gently and observe how bubbles float in the air.
• Ensure that students do not put the soap or soapy hands in their mouth or eyes.
Making White from Seven Colours
In this fun activity, we will learn to create white from seven different colours.
Let’s Collect
) A circular cardboard cutout
) A pencil
) Crayons of violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red colours.
) A sheet of white paper
) A pair of scissors
Let’s Do
1. Cut the paper in the same size as the cardboard cutout.
2. Stick it on the cutout.
3. Draw lines on the cutout that divides the white part in seven equal parts.
4. Colour each section with one of the colours.
5. With the help of an adult, pierce through the centre of the cutout with a pencil.
6. Spin the pencil with the cutout. What do you see?
You will notice that when you spin it fast, the 7 colours blur to a whitish colour.
Now We Know
) The 7 colours—violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red—can be spun fast to make white colour.
For the teacher
• This activity introduces learners to the concept of white light consisting of 7 colours, namely violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red.
• Help learners to use the pencil safely when piercing through the cutout.
• Ensure that scissors are handled very carefully by children. You may cut the paper instead, if required.
Making a Rainbow from White Light
In this fun activity, we will learn how to make a rainbow.
Let’s Collect
) A small plastic mirror
) A tub of water
Let’s Do
1. Go outside on a sunny day.
2. Place the tub of water where a ray of sunlight has fallen.
3. Notice where the light reflects and falls on the opposite side.
4. Place the mirror halfway in the tub. Make sure it is placed where the ray of light is, in the tub of water.
5. Notice again where the light reflects and falls on the opposite side. What do you see? Is there a bright spot of light, or can you see multiple colours? Circle the correct answer.
Now We Know
White light Multiple colours like a rainbow ) We can make a rainbow out of white light ) Mirrors reflect light.
For the teacher
• This activity introduces the concepts of light, reflection, and dispersion to learners.
• Talk about how white light is made of 7 different colours.
• Tell them the colours—violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
Water Makes Music
In this fun activity, we will learn how the amount of water in a container can change the sound made by that container.
Let’s Collect
) 3 clear glasses
) Water ) Pencil
Let’s Do
1. Take the glasses.
2. Fill them with different amounts of water.
3. Tap the top of their glasses gently with a pencil.
4. Notice which glass makes the highest sound, and which glass makes the lowest sound?
5. Pour water from one glass to another to change the level of water in them.
6. Tap the glasses again. Does the sound change when you add or remove water?
Now We Know
) More water = lower sound.
) Less water = higher sound.
) Changing the water levels changes the sound.
For the teacher
This activity introduces the concepts of vibration and sound to learners. Explain that the more the water in the glass, the lower the sound; and the less the water, the higher the sound.
• Encourage the children to experiment with 7 bowls of water with increasing levels of water in it. Ask them to note the sounds created as a basic way to introduce them to music notes.
About the Book
DAWN is a comprehensive, NCF 2022-based Early Childhood Education program that lays a solid foundation for lifelong well-being and holistic growth, encompassing physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development.
The book exposes students to basic concepts of STEM through simple, hands-on experiments on topics of space, temperature, dimensions, and sequence.
Key Features
Additional Resources
• Flash Cards
• Sticker Sheets
• Suggested Activities List, for teacher and parents
• Teacher's Manual
• Digital Resouces
• Assessment Sheets and Holistic Progress Card
• Play-based learning activities, which promote holistic development of the child in all ECE domains
• School readiness, which is assured in the curriculum and learning design
• All-round development, in areas of physical, cognitive, cultural and socio-emotional domains
• Teacher assets, like assessment tools and lesson plans to help maximise program quality and outcomes
About Uolo
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