Teacher Training By Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski

Check out four and five year-old VPK students exploring STEM concepts in the following video taken during a recent hands-on STEM lesson I conducted at a local preschool. The STEM movement is gaining speed, and the benefits of implementing STEM practices in the K-12 classrooms looks promising.  The block center is a start, let’s keep STEM growing in the early childhood classroom.

The first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) was released on May 11, 2012, and will be online for public comment until June 1st.

What’s different about the NGSS:

• Conceptual Shifts in the NGSS
• Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science in the NGSS
• The Nature of Science in the NGSS

To review the first draft of the NGSS, and comment check out the following link.