Teaching Approaches Physics in Kindergarten and Elementary Schools Why not?   Nina Kremer - Germany     Subject Physics Level Kindergarten and primary school Language English Type Experiments, team or individual       Learning objective   Students (age: 15-17) attempt, under my guidance, to answer physics questions in the area of kindergarten respectively to integrate with elementary school. We also enlighten nursery school- and elementary school-teachers, as they only have limited access to physics in their training.interesting.     Didactical comments   Regarding a long term goal e.g. prevention of hearing damage, danger from the socket, the available knowledge can bring in new ideas to guide the physics knowledge in the age group from 5 to 9 years. As a side effect, teaching students are trained in social learning and cooperation without being consistently supervised and judged by their teacher as in the classroom situation which might be helpful for their future careers.     Suggestions for methodology   Team work. Independent teaching: students teach youngsters.     Contact details   Name Werner Stetzenbach Email wgl.stetze@t-online.de       Last update: 28 June 2007 More Physics Teaching Ideas  •  A Boomerang Project (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMLVJC4VUE_0.html)  •  "Seeing" Alternating Current (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEM3HKC4VUE_0.html)  •  A Merry-go-round as Alternative to the Wind Tunnel (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMWO8ANMUE_0.html)  •  Electrodynamic Levitation and Travelling Magnetic Wave (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMFA58OY2F_0.html)  •  You Can Do It (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMRE58OY2F_0.html)  •  Irish Teaching Ideas Booklets from POS2 and POS3 (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMTO58OY2F_0.html)  •  A Bottle of Water with a Sachet of Mayonnaise (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMJ468OY2F_0.html)  •  Handling the Canter of Mass (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMQ968OY2F_0.html)  •  Reflection Study (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMCO78OY2F_0.html)  •  Testing UV Absorption Effectiveness of Sun Screen (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMM888OY2F_0.html)  •  E=mc2 (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEM3G88OY2F_0.html)  •  The Magic Castle (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMBZ88OY2F_0.html)  •  Let’s prove the 4th Maxwell Equation (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEM3898OY2F_0.html)  •  Leonardo's Anemometer (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMND98OY2F_0.html)  •  The Physics Teacher (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Science_on_Stage/SEMH4H8OY2F_0.html) Download  •  Kindergarten and elementary School PDF (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/scienceonstage/Kindergarten_POS3.pdf)  •  Kindergarten and elementary School 2 PDF (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/scienceonstage/Kindergarten_2_POS3.pdf)