Kide Science

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05/2018

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STEAM learning model for educators who teach 3-8-years-old children to provide playful hands-on science experiences.

Kide Science is a Finnish pedagogical STEAM learning innovation that provides for preschool and afterschool educators top quality and scalable curriculum materials online to implement early science education in a playful way. Kide Science's pedagogy is grounded on rigorous scientific research by the founder PhD Jenni Vartiainen.

When children do science with the Kide curriculum, they feel like they're playing and enjoying themselves, while in fact, they are building highly important skills needed in the scientific process and thinking. For educators, Kide Science is an easy plug-and-play method to ensure that their pupils will gain the skills needed in the future. The online platform for educators is complemented with training, lesson plans, peer support and engagement for families but the scientific outcome happens in live lessons with children.

Age groups

Preschool

Languages

English

Finnish

Chinese

Platform

Non-digital product

Browser-based

Registration

Required

Offline play

Playable offline

Pictures

Videos

Kide Science provides clear and relevant STEAM learning outcomes and it's easy to follow what has been learned both during the science academy and with the application.

Digital science academy provides engaging videos and instruction to do the STEAM activities at homes.

Children are in a highly active role as they get to work as scientists and do the science experiments together with professional instructors.

Kide Science has an engaging background story which motivates children and gives a reason and frame for the experiments.

Pedagogy

Educational Quality

Learning Goals

The pedagogical analysis covers how the product supports learning of the identified skills. The student’s role is assessed by four contrary pair parameters, which are selected to cover the most essential aspects on the use of the product.

Passive

Active

Children are in a highly active role as they get to work as scientists. In order to progress and learn new things, children needs to participate in the experiments.

Rehearse

Construct

Children learn through testing, experiencing and observing, and it leads to children constructing new information and knowledge.

Linear

Non-linear/Creative

Kide Science provides clear learning outcomes and it's easy to follow what has been learned both during the science academy and with the application.

Individual

Collaborative

Younger children do activities always together with a parent but the activities can be arranged so that multiple children work together.

The following are the high educational quality aspects in this product.

Children are in a highly active role as they get to work as scientists and do the experiments.

All the materials are well planned and thought and are suitable for the age group. In the science academy, there are three different levels based on the child's age.

Kide Science has an engaging background story which motivates children and gives a reason and frame for the experiments.

Kide Science provides clear learning outcomes and it's easy to follow what has been learned both during the science academy and with the application.

The supported learning goals are identified by matching the product with several relevant curricula descriptions on this subject area. The soft skills are definitions of learning goals most relevant for the 21st century. They are formed by taking a reference from different definitions of 21st century skills and Finnish curriculum.

Subject based learning goals

Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses

Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock

Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made

Use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions

Perform simple tests

Observe closely, using simple equipment

Identify and classify

Gather and record data to help in answering questions

Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials

Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties

Ask simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways

Developing the children's mathematical thinking and supporting positive attitude towards mathematics.

Children have the opportunity to use their imagination and creativity in play activities.

Soft skills learning goals

Practicing logical reasoning to understand and interpret information in different forms

Using technology as a part of explorative process

Practicing categorization and classification

Practicing fine motor skills

Learning to find the joy of learning and new challenges

Practicing persistent working

Learning to recognise and evaluate arguments and their reasonings

Practicing to plan and execute studies, make observations and measurements

Developing problem solving skills

Practicing to create questions and make justifiable arguments based on observations

Practicing to look things from different perspectives

Practicing to take care of one's own and other people’s safety

Encouraging the growth of positive self-image

Encouraging to build new information and visions

Learning to build information on top of previously learned

Practicing to notice causal connections

Learning decision-making, influencing and accountability

Practicing to argument clearly own opinions and reasonings

Practicing to work with others

Practicing to express own thoughts and feelings

Practicing versatile ways of working

Kide Science

Kide Science

Kide Science provides clear and relevant STEAM learning outcomes and it's easy to follow what has been learned both during the science academy and with the application.

Digital science academy provides engaging videos and instruction to do the STEAM activities at homes.

Children are in a highly active role as they get to work as scientists and do the science experiments together with professional instructors.

Kide Science has an engaging background story which motivates children and gives a reason and frame for the experiments.

Subject based learning goals

Soft skills learning goals

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Kide Science

Kide Science provides clear and relevant STEAM learning outcomes and it's easy to follow what has been learned both during the science academy and with the application.

Digital science academy provides engaging videos and instruction to do the STEAM activities at homes.

Children are in a highly active role as they get to work as scientists and do the science experiments together with professional instructors.

Kide Science has an engaging background story which motivates children and gives a reason and frame for the experiments.

Subject based learning goals

Soft skills learning goals

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The Finnish Educational Quality Certificate