Connected Science Learning, Volume 1, Issue 4 (2017)

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STEM Education for Early Learners

Editorial

Editorial
Early STEM Learning
Key to Future Success in STEM
Dennis Schatz
Article: 12420476
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Creating Professional Development for Informal and K-12 Educators
Lessons from NASA Surveys
Lindsay Bartolone
Article: 12420477
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The results of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate surveys help science education professional development providers successfully work with educators.
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Research to Practice, Practice to Research

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A Screencasting Strategy to Support STEM Learning in the Early Grades
Josephine Louie, Pamela Buffington & Jennifer Stiles
Article: 12420478
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Learn how a research–practice partnership used screencasting to promote early elementary students’ mathematics learning and communication.
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Diversity and Equity

Head Start on Engineering
Teachers, Informal STEM Educators, and Learning Researchers Collaborating to Engage Low-Income Families With Engineering
Scott Pattison, Gina Svarovsky, Ivel Gontan, Pam Greenough Corrie, Marcie Benne, Shannon Weiss, Verónika Nuñez & Smirla Ramos-Montañez
Article: 12420479
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The Head Start on Engineering project engages parents and children in a multicomponent family engineering program that includes professional development for teachers, workshops for parents, take-home family activity kits, home visits, classroom extensions, and a culminating field trip to a science center.
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SciToons
Understanding Science Through Animation and Storytelling Pathways
Oludurotimi Adetunji
Article: 12420480
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Brown University’s Science Cartoons (SciToons) series makes science fun, engaging, and easier to understand through the captivating power of storytelling and animation.
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Research Article

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Itty Bitty Science
Collaborative of Early Science Learning Museums Partner With Head Start to Support Science
Michelle Kortenaar, Victoria Fiordalis, Miriam Krause, Laurinda Willard, Cheryl Lani Juárez, Melissa Thomas, Zoe Peters, Carrie Jubran & Alli Sribarra
Article: 12420481
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The Collaborative for Early Science Learning is a group of six museums in six different cities that partner with their local Head Start programs to provide training for teachers and opportunities for family engagement.
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Feature

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Increasing STEM Outcomes Through Quality Collaborations
It Takes a Village to Prepare High-Quality STEM Educators
Shelly L. Counsell & Felicia Peat
Article: 12420482
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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Discover how early childhood faculty at the University of Memphis launched a new collaborative partnership with the Children’s Museum of Memphis to develop and implement early STEM learning activities during a teaching course requirement and field experience.
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Preschool in a Science Center
Amber Forrest, Jolie Pelds & Renee Harmon
Article: 12420483
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines began an on-site preschool shortly after its doors opened in 1970, inspired by the founders’ belief in the importance of science education for early childhood learners.
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TeachEngineering Digital Library
Standards-Aligned STEM Curricular Materials—From an Engineering Point of View
Dua Chaker
Article: 12420484
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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The TeachEngineering Digital Library is a free, online collection of K–12 curricular materials that focus on integrating engineering into science learning.
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Feature

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PEEP and the Big Wide World
Reaching a Neglected Group of STEM Educators in Family Childcare
Borgna Brunner
Article: 12420485
Published online: 17 Apr 2024
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PEEP and the Big Wide World is a public television show and website devoted to engaging preschool-aged children in developmentally appropriate science. PEEP’s newest effort is to address the needs of home-based, family childcare educators, who provide childcare for approximately 26% of U.S. children.
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