Objectives
Increase Early Childhood engagement in STEM education through professional development.
Share resources for parents, adult caregivers and early childhood educators to support early learners in STEM.
Encourage and expand STEM educational opportunities for children ages 0-8.
Resources
Early Childhood STEM Newsletter
Find free activities, cool facts, and STEM-related fun for learners aged 0-8 in our bi-monthly newsletter.
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Activities at home or in the classroom
Activities for early learners and adult caregivers
Activities
Activities in the Community
Opportunities in the community for you to do with your STEM learner
Opportunities
Daily Dose of STEM
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Follow @sdstemecosystem on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for a new Daily Dose of STEM every week
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Print this handout of Daily Doses of STEM and keep it on your fridge or distribute it to your school or parents group so everyone can add STEM into their day!
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Complete four Daily Dose of STEM activities in a row on your BINGO card and post a picture of the marked card and/or a video of the Daily Dose in action on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.
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See below for a list of professional development workshops to help educators tackle STEM in the classroom or at home!
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The SD STEM Ecosystem would like to hear from you how we can better serve your family and small children in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) opportunities. Please take a minute to answer the few quick questions about STEM. Thank you!
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*Workshops are offered virtually or in person*
Full Workshop Descriptions
Everyday Opportunities in STEM
In this workshop, participants will get a comprehensive introduction to STEM by unpacking the knowledge and skills that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ask of learners.
Ideal for parents or educators, this workshop will support participants in understanding the underlying dimensions of STEM learning, as well as, how to infuse STEM ideas and practices into everyday experiences at both home and school.
STEM in Storytime
This fun and engaging workshop offers a hands-on approach for educators to explore practical ways for using questioning strategies in order to enrich learning and expose students to STEM concepts at an early age.
Aligned with the NGSS, this workshop presents methods for using a text (fiction or non-fiction) as the context for problem solving and critical thinking.
Watch a trailer: https://youtu.be/JvhuAqCAWf4
Low-Tech STEM
You can’t teach STEM if you don’t have an iPad or a laptop, right?
Wrong! This workshop will give you an overview of strategies and resources that allow you to implement STEM learning without the hi-tech price tag.
Geared towards educators, this workshop will provide participants with opportunities to review and improve lesson plans in order to allow for more exploratory learning opportunities that emphasize STEM concepts and processes.
About Us
The Early Childhood STEM working group is composed of a variety of partners, including Brain Balance, San Diego Air and Space Museum, San Diego Children's Discovery Museum, Fleet Science Center, San Diego Public Libraries, San Diego Unified School District, and others.
We meet on the second Wednesday of the month from 2:00-3:30 p.m. to share updates and move our initiatives forward. Sometimes we have the opportunity for fun enrichments, like when we went to iFLY to learn about their STEM programs (see photo). Get involved.