NAGC 57th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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Integrating the STEM disciplines into Preschool and K/1 Project Investigations
Track
:
Early Childhood
Program Code:
400
Date:
Friday, November 12, 2010
Time:
1:15 PM to 2:15 PM
EST
Room:
Atlanta Ballroom A
CO-PRESENTER
:
Marcia Burns, Head Teacher, University Primary School
PRESENTER
:
Nancy Hertzog, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Description
It is never too early to engage children in science, math, engineering, and technology! Three-year olds building houses of blocks are engineers at work! The purpose of this presentation is to share ways in which teachers use the Project Approach to facilitate investigations that introduce children to the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering, and math. Specifically, presenters will share projects where children delve into recycling, conservation, building, inventions, and habitats. Documentation of student work will show the students inquiry processhow they hypothesize, collect and analyze data, and how they publish their results.