An investigation into the relations between imaginary situations and scientific abstractions in preschool digital play

想象游戏是幼儿的主要活动。但想象力在科学工作中也很重要，例如尼尔斯·玻尔和芭芭拉·麦克林托克的工作。通过数字平板电脑技术的帮助下，创造科学学习的动画，本研究探讨了如何想象力的发挥帮助儿童想象科学解释没有明显支持在真实的生活，如地球绕太阳，或科学概念不能直接观察到的，如，如何糖在热水中溶解得更快。研究游戏中的想象和科学中的想象有助于对幼儿科学教学本质的新认识。

Imaginative play is the leading activity of preschoolers. But imagination is also important in scientific work, for example in the work of Niels Bohr and Barbara McClintock. Aided through digital tablet technology to create animations of scientific learning, this study examines how imaginative play helps children to imagine scientific explanations not visibly supported in real life, such as the Earth circling the Sun, or science concepts not directly observable, such as, how sugar dissolves faster in hot water. Studying imagination in play and imagination in science will contribute to new understandings about the nature of science teaching in preschools.