Jr. Scientists
- Grades: K-5th
- Time: 60 minutes
- Fee: $200 / $150 Early Bird
WCS scientists and zookeepers use observations to help answer questions and so can you! Your "junior scientists" will develop their observation and question-forming skills through an up close meeting with an animal in a zoo classroom. They will then venture into the zoo with field journals to practice making observations, asking questions, and developing a hypothesis. This program is a great way to introduce the scientific process in preparation for a science fair!
This Program aligns with the following standards:
| Grade |
NYC Scope & Sequence | Next Generation Science Standards |
NY State Common Core |
| K | Unit 3. Our Environment | LS1-1, ESS2, ESS3 | S1, S2.1a, S3, LE7 |
| 1st | Unit 3. Structures and Behaviors in Living Things |
S1, S2.1a, S3, LE7 | |
| 2nd | Unit 2. The Changes to Land Over Time |
LS4-1 |
S1, S2.1a, S3, LE7 |
| 3rd | Unit 2. Interdependence | LS2-1, LS4-3, LS4-4 | S1, S2.1a, S3, LE7 |
| 4th | Unit 4. The Structure and Function of Organisms |
LS1-1, LS1-2 | S1, S2.1a, S3, LE7 |
| 5th | Unit 3. Earth Systems Science | ESS3-1 | S1, LE7.1e, LE7.2c |