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Column: Biomimicry in Early Childhood
Lange's July/Aug 2023 'Early Years' column published in NSTA's Science & Children, entitled 'We Borrowed That? Bringing Biomimicry to Life in the Early Childhood Classroom"
Read online. Download the PDF. |
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Lange's Mar/Apr 2023 column for NSTA's Science & Children highlights activities and reflections on how the NGSS aligns with early childhood principles, with illustrative examples using coding in preschool. Read online. Download the PDF. |
Space Science Pubs!
Excited to share 3 publications appearing in most recent NSTA Science & Children issue by EC STEM Lab and STEM Collaboration team!
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What if? Column Explores Scientific Literacy in ECE
Lange's July/Aug 2022 'Early Years' column published in NSTA's Science & Children, entitled 'What If? Supporting scientific literacy with young children through connections with our Earth."
Read online here. Download here. |
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Article in TYC on Number Composition in PreschoolRead the article on NAEYC's website for free.
Consider becoming a member of NAEYC & joining the Early Math Interest Forum that Dr. Lange and colleagues co-facilitate. |
Column Published - Exploring WaterLange's first column as one of two new authors of the 'Early Years' came out in NSTA's Science & Children in March 2022, entitled 'Water Play is Science."
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Article published! Experimental impacts of a preschool STEM professional learning model
A journal article describing impacts of our model published in Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education April 2021 |
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Article - A Light Challenge: Engineering an Obstacle Course with Flashlights
A practitioner article focused on 1st graders published in Science and Children (and featured on the cover!) Jan/Feb 2021 |
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Preschool Math Games article
EC STEM Lab staff co-author a peer-reviewed journal article on a preschool math games intervention and evaluation. The authors acknowledge the Heising-Simons Foundation, grant number 2012-33, which supported implementation of the project. They also acknowledge National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, where the bulk of the project took place, Clemmer College at East Tennessee State University for an SRA grant that supported writing, and Dr. Ryan Nivens, CUAI faculty at ETSU, for a reviewing an earlier draft of our paper. June 2020 |
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Pre-Service Teacher Education: Early & Elementary STEM article
A journal article describing our innovative model published in International Laboratory Schools Journal by Early Childhood/Elementary STEM Collaboration team members Preprint, April 2020 |
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STEM Integration in Elementary School Article
Article on STEM integration using the 5Es framework in 2nd grade
by Early Childhood/Elementary STEM Collaboration team members |
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Engineering in the Garden article
A practitioner article on preschool engineering from Science and Children Sept 2019 |
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Worms in Preschool article
On an integrated learning experience in preschool Download our article from Apr/May 2019 issue of Science and Children |
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Preschool Professional Development Model article
Contact us to read our journal article about the development our preschool STEM professional learning model. |
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Technology for Reading Fluency article
Contact us to read our journal article published in August 2019 on reading fluency software for 3rd graders |
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Length Measurement in Preschool article
Contact us to read a practitioner article that appeared in 2016 in Teaching Young Children |
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CADRE Report Highlights our Professional Learning Approach
The SciMath-DLL project is described along with other NSF-funded projects to support dual language learners or English language learners. Spring 2020 |
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New America Report on Preschool Professional Learning
Highlights our SciMath-DLL project as one of five high-quality programs across the United States 2017 |
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"More than a Foundation" blog
Early STEM blog, published by NAEYC https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2017/STEM-learners |
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Early Learning State Standards
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U.S. National Science Standards
Including Engineering and Technology, K-12 Next Generation Science Standards |
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Who are the Innovators?
"Lost Einsteins" report encourages supporting girls and others who are underrepresented STEM fields to be our next innovators. Published by Opportunity Insights, 2017 |
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DLLs and Early Math article
Article on early math and dual language learners: "Let’s Talk About Math Tips for Preschool Teachers and Providers to Support Dual Language Learners in Math" Published by the Belwether Education, Oct 2020 |
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"Advancing Equity: Playful Ways to Extend Math Learning at Home" article
Article on early math and family engagement, written by Jessica Mercer Young and Kristen E. Reed, from EDC. Learn more about their work here: youngmathematicians.edc.org |
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