Jag har snövatten! : En kvalitativ studie om de yngsta barnens meningsskapande under kemiaktiviteten ”Olika ämnens löslighet i vatten”

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to contribute with knowledge about the youngest children's meaning-making based on a chemistry content in the activity "Solubility of different substances in water". The study is conducted from a socio-cultural perspective. The study is qualitative and based on the methodological approach Design-based research. In this case, an intervention, a designed activity. The intervention is supplemented with the didactic model Productive questions, to obtain additional empirical evidence for the study. The interventions were documented with video- recording on all occasions. Eleven children aged 1–3 years participate in the study.   The conclusion of the study is that the youngest children express meaning-making while participating in a chemistry-based activity. It takes place partly bodily with, for example, facial expressions, gestures, and movement, partly verbally with exclamations, words and longer sentences, to be followed by a concentrated exploration of what the child has discovered. The material has a clear impact on the meaning-making, as it forms the basis for the children's desire to discover. It is with the help of the different materials that the children see similarities and differences between the materials, which creates a sense of meaning around the different properties of the substances and their solubility in water. The study shows that interaction with others, especially peers, is significant for the youngest children's meaning-making. Interaction can take place in different ways, for example in dialogue, in intersubjectivity or together with material. The study shows that by starting from an everyday activity that interests the children and using productive questions, the child creates meaning based on a chemistry content.