“STEM Starts Early: Guidance and support from the NSTA Early Childhood Science Education Position Statement”

The Early Childhood Science Education position statement, written and adopted by NSTA and endorsed by NAEYC, is a very useful tool for planning a science curriculum for children ages 3-5. Have you read it yet? The principles and declarations offer practical guidance for all early childhood programs, providers, teachers, program directors and principals.

During the Week of the Young Child, April 12-18, 2015, a free webinar from NSTA, “STEM Starts Early: Guidance and support from the NSTA Early Childhood Science Education Position Statement,” will take you through the position statement, and its key research-based principles that inform and guide science teaching and learning in the early years. This interactive presentation will include stories from real classrooms and samples of classroom video for analysis and discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to consider the position statement's recommendations for-

• Teaching-creating an environment and facilitating explorations that support children’s collaborative inquiry in physical, life, and earth science
• Professional development-providing experiences for teachers and education providers that really build their capacity to promote young children’s science learning and inquiry
• Policy-committing resources to support early childhood science education

Register here:  http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/SeminarRegistration.aspx 

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT / 4:30 p.m. MT / 3:30 p.m. PT

Duration: 90 minutes

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