Science process skills in small children’s science education

Abstract

This article discusses the central science process skills in the education of sustainable chemistry in inquiry-based learning of children under school age. Science process skills are skills that are essential in learning chemistry and other natural sciences. They can be learned best through inquiry-based working. An inquiry-based approach makes it possible to practice small children’s science process skills in a suitable way for the child’s level of development, supported by parents. This article introduces a science education model for the practicing of small children’s science process skills, which has been developed in a doctoral dissertation.