Exploring the effects of temperature changes on phase transitions of water with toddlers

Oče, mama, učitelj, vzgojitelj in drugi so vodniki, ki otroka popeljejo skozi dejavnosti in ga vodijo na njegovi poti spoznavanja in učenja. Otroci se vsak dan srečujejo z vprašanji zakaj, kako, koliko in kaj. Čudijo se stvarem okoli sebe, ki jih še ne poznajo. Med področji, posebej bogatimi z miselnimi izzivi so tudi narava, naravoslovje in voda. Skozi zgodovino so ljudje spoznali, da voda ne obstaja samo v tekoči obliki, ampak tudi v plinasti in trdni obliki. Cilj moje diplomske naloge je ugotoviti, ali otroci v prvem starostnem obdobju znajo ločevati tekočo vodo od drugih tekočin. Zanimalo me je tudi, ali otroci vedo, kaj je led in ali ga znajo ločevati od snovi, na videz podobnih ledu. Tretji del raziskave se nanaša na vodo v plinasti obliki, kjer so predšolski otroci odgovarjali, kaj je para, in jo razlikovali od dima.Father, mother, teacher, educator and others are guides who lead the child through activities on the path of cognition and learning. Children face questions why, how, when and what every day. They are amazed by the things they do not know. Nature, science and water are offering rich mental challenges. People discovered that water does not exist only in liquid form but also in gaseous and solid states long ago. Aim of my diploma thesis is to determine whether toddlers are able to distinguish liquid water from other similar liquids, do they know what ice is and whether they are able to distinguish it from substances similar to ice. The third part of the research relates to water in gaseous form, where preschoolers were answering questions about steam and smoke