Chapter 1: Introduction to STEM
Key Resources
- Standards
- Next Generation Science Standards ([NGSS]; NGSS Lead States, 2013)
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics ([CCSS]; National Governors Association, 2010)
- Michigan Science Standards (MI Board of Education, 2015)
- Books
- STEM in early childhood education: How science, technology, engineering, and mathematics strengthen learning. (Cohen & Waite-Stupiansky, 2019)
- Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom: Big Ideas for 3- to 5-year-olds (Lange, Brenneman, & Mano, 2019)
- Elementary Science Methods: A Constructivist Approach (What’s New in Education) 6th Edition (Martin, D.J., 2011)
- Other OERs
- Astronomy for Educators (Barth, D. E., 2019)
- Practitioner Journals
- NSTA’s Science and Children
- NAEYC’s Teaching Young Children
