Welcome to the EC STEM Lab’s
Jan/Feb 2022 Newsletter!

EC STEM Lab is a group of researchers and educators committed to improving the quality of science, technology, engineering, and math teaching for young children.

EC STEM Lab - Jan/Feb, Newsletter, #23

In This Issue

Registration Open! Preschool STEM Institute

Free Workshop - Science Journals in PK, Jan 22

Math with Infants & Toddlers, Virtual Meetup

Try This! Science & Writing

Articles & Books

Registration Open!

A Unique Virtual Experience

This year promises to be another amazing event. Our virtual, all day, interactive Institute is geared for master teachers, directors, trainers, teacher educators, and anyone responsible for supporting preschool teachers.

Register today. Spaces limited.

CEUs
Approved for 0.6 CEUs for additional fee from ETSU

GRANTS Available!

Apply for a grant. Deadline Feb 25, 2022. Competitive.

Learn More

Preschool STEM Workshop Series - 5th Year

Science Journals - Jan 22, 2022

Dive into Science Journals

Join Dr. Lange from EC STEM Lab and colleagues to explore, discuss, and do activities focused on a different STEM topic each virtual session.

Jan 22, 2022
9-10am ET

Approved for TN DHS professional development hours.

Registration required.

Learn more.

Free Virtual Meetup

Math with Infants & Toddlers

Free Virtual Meetup with Early Math Group

January 27, 2022
7pm central / 8pm eastern

Math with Infants and Toddlers
Led by Lauren Solarski, Ph.D
Erikson Early Math Collaborative

Registration required.

Learn more.

NAEYC's Early Math Interest Forum is hosting a series of virtual meetups focused on early math during 2022. Join us at one or all of these sessions to hear about current happenings in early math and join an informal discussion with the co-facilitators.

NAEYC Membership not required.

Try it!

Science & Writing

Activities

Ideas to Write Home About

Send home some simple science journals for children to use at home related to the topic in the class. Children can later share their journals with the class.

Draw your pet, have a family member help you write your words, document the moon shapes over time, draw a bean plant's progress each week. How can we use scientific journals to document change?

Careful Observation

Science journal writing and drawing is different than creative writing and drawing. Scientists want to accurately represent observations for a purpose.

What can children document using science journals that connects to your curriculum, learning objectives, or standards?

Noting segments of a worm? Capturing changes in a tree on the playground across the year? Documenting the colors of a treasure found on a nature walk?

Tips on emergent writing.

Read All About It!

Articles & Books

Books

Ada Twist, Scientist, by Andrea Beaty

This book includes a story about a young girl who is a scientist. She is super curious and uses science practices, like recording her thoughts and documenting her observations.

Articles

Science Journals & Young Children, blog by Peggy Ashbrook, 2010

Science Journals in Preschool journal article, Brenneman & Luoro, 2008

Emergent Writing Blog, written by Teresa A. Byington & YaeBin Kim, published by NAEYC, 2017

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