Activities

SciPlay activities reflect the inherent connections between child’s play and authentic scientific practice.  Specifically, these activities are designed for adult readers to:

• Offer concrete, explicit examples of play and science connections
• Elucidate the habits of mind of real-world science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as developed through play
• Provide children with kinesthetic experiences to help build conceptual understandings in science over time
• Engage students in fun, physical activity outdoors on playgrounds
• Guide adults to Web resources and explanations to support student sense-making
• Stimulate further creative ideas and variations

Try them out with your own family, neighborhood community or classroom. Post additional suggestions on our site so that everyone can play!

Bubble Olympics

• Bubble Olympics NYC Scope & Sequence

Collision!

• Collision! NYC Scope & Sequence

Drift It!

• Drift It! NYC Scope & Sequence

Gliders

• Gliders NYC Scope & Sequence

Habitat Trek

• Habitat Trek NYC Scope & Sequence

Leggy Levers

• Leggy Levers NYC Scope & Sequence

Mirror, Mirror

• Mirror, Mirror NYC Scope & Sequence

Playground Pulleys

• Playground Pulleys NYC Scope & Sequence

Rollerboard Races

• Rollerboard Races does not have a Scope & Sequence.  It focuses on experimental design and therefore relates to all units in all grade levels.

Shifting Shadows

• Shifting Shadows Datatable
• Shifting Shadows NYC Scope & Sequence

Slidemobiles

• Slidemobiles NYC Scope & Sequence

The Bounciness Factor

• The Bounciness Factor NYC Scope & Sequence

Additional resources:

STEM Habits of Mind Matrix

On the Playground: Class Management and Safety