All Early Childhood resources

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Pushes, Pulls, and Playgrounds

Learning forces and motion through nonfiction texts and exploration on the playground...

Early Childhood Elementary Preschool Physical Science

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Methods and Strategies: Scaffolding for Failure

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This issue helps students navigate Engineering Design Failure. ...

Early Childhood Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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Ramp It Up!

Preschoolers investigate force and motion with a digital journal....

By Ashley Lewis Presser, Ximena Dominguez, Marion Goldstein, Regan Vidiksis, and Danae Kamdar

Early Childhood Elementary Preschool Physical Science Technology

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The Early Years: Teaching the <i>M</i> in STEM

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue focuses on teaching STEM lessons that have an emphasis on mathematics....

Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers Preschool Mathematics Physical Science STEM Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices

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Early Childhood Resources Review: <i>Creative Investigations in Early Engineering & Technology</i>

This column evaluates elementary science resources. This issue focuses on engineering and technology in early childhood....

Early Childhood STEM Technology NGSS

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The Early Years: Discovering Their Sense of the World

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue aims to engage children in a project-based learning experience....

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool STEM Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices

Interactive E-book Kids

Fish Out of Water

Kat is a student paleontologist who uses a video chat app to communicate with readers during her expedition to visit a paleontological site in the desert of Egypt. She wants to figure out how a fossil fish came to exist at this site. Readers help Kat...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Earth & Space Science STEM Technology 5E Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary

Interactive E-book Kids

Are They the Same?

This e-book is based on the natural phenomenon that any group of plants or animals will demonstrate individual variation that allows scientists to distinguish between members of the group. In order to explore this phenomenon, we follow the journey o...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Biology Life Science STEM Technology 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy

Interactive E-book Kids

Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow is an interactive book where readers enter a forest to see how four different animals raise their young. Interactivities and questions guide readers to explore patterns and make decisions to give the young animals a better chance of surv...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy