科学教育是澳大利亚幼儿园课程的个重要组成部分,其内容丰富多彩,形式生动有趣,方法灵活多样。教师在对幼儿进行科学启蒙教育时,比较重视以下几个方面。(一)激发幼儿对科学的兴趣要使幼儿学习科学,懂得科学,首先要激发幼儿对科学的兴趣。为此,澳大利亚的教师一般都能广泛收集各种科学活动材料,开辟科学活动区,设立多种科学角,如科学陈列角、科学游戏角、科学实验角以及植物种植角、动物饲养角等等。通过各种物体的千姿百态,自然现象的千变万化,科技产品的神奇魅力,以及规律的奇妙作用,来吸引幼儿的注意力,激发幼儿的好奇心、求知欲以及对科学的浓厚兴趣。(二)选择幼儿科学活动的主题幼儿科学活动主题的选择往往受许多因素的制约:幼儿的兴趣爱好,教师的价 Science education is an important part of the Australian kindergarten curriculum, its content is rich and colorful, the form is lively and interesting, the method is flexible and diversified. Teachers in science early childhood education, the more emphasis on the following aspects. (A) to stimulate children’s interest in science To enable children to learn science and science, we must first stimulate children’s interest in science. To this end, Australian teachers generally can widely collect all kinds of scientific materials, open up science activity areas, set up a variety of scientific corners, such as scientific display angle, scientific game angle, scientific experiment angle and plant planting angle, animal husbandry angle and so on . Through a variety of objects in different poses and with different expressions, the ever-changing natural phenomena, the magic of science and technology products, and the magic of the law to attract young children’s attention, stimulate children’s curiosity, curiosity and interest in science. (B) choose the theme of children’s science activities The theme of choice of children’s science activities are often subject to many factors: children’s hobbies, teachers’ price