Just Playing Around: Teaching PreK-Grade 3 STEM Through Inquiry, Exploration, and Play (3) - Engineering

E Childhood Prof Dev | This program is completed

Capitol Plaza ---- 100 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 United States

Montpelier Room

PreK - 3 Teachers

5/17/2019 (one day)

8:30 AM-3:30 AM EDT on Fri

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$150.00

Children are naturally curious, full of questions, creative, and playful. This three-part workshop series uses the concept of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as play in which children are engaged in asking questions, making discoveries, experimenting, working with others, and working toward proficiency in NGSS and CCSS standards.
The format of this workshop will use this playful approach to STEM. Participants will interact with each other, ask questions, explore materials, and play. This workshop is the last in a series of three workshops. The series starts with a focus on science followed by mathematics. Engineering is presented as an application of scientific and mathematical concepts. Technology is a tool that is woven throughout the series.
The workshop content for this day is from the Boston Museum of Science’s Wee Engineers and Engineering is Elementary modules. During this workshop, participants will:
- Explore ways to harness children’s natural curiosity;
- Focus on real-world problem solving that helps children think about the designed world in which they live;
- Discover ways to introduce the engineering design process to children in preschool to 3rd grade; and
- Learn how to implement these practices into common pre-school environments.

  • The series can also be taken as a 2-credit course which requires participation in all three workshops and completion of readings and assignments focusing on purposeful play, cultivating STEM identities, and strengthening both teacher and student mindsets with STEM content. Please register under the COURSE option if you choose to participate this way.
Guay, Marlene

Marlene Guay is a provider of Professional Development at the Boston Museum of Science She is a Certified Early Childhood Educator experienced in formal and informal education facilitation working with toddlers through adults. She advocates for high quality inclusive learning experiences that promote equity to better service underrepresented, underserved and underperforming populations.