| Title |
Description |
Funding
Source |
Partner
Institutions |
Director
Name |
| Improving Science Instruction in Pre-K Classrooms |
Creation of a collaboration among early childhood education and science education faculty to improve science education for young children in Iowa.
Project Status: Current |
IMSEP |
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State University
Headstart
Pre-Schools
Childcare Programs
|
Betty Zan
Regents Center for Early Development Education
University of Northern Iowa
319-287-9415
|
| Interactive Constructivist Science Workshops |
This series of science workshops for teachers of children pre-K through 2nd grade consists of seven workshop modules focusing on topics of physical science, including ramps and pathways, bubbles, water dynamics, cooking, air dynamics, spinning, and the physics of sound. Each 3-hour workshop, taught by experienced early childhood educators, provides principles of teaching, theoretical background, video examples of children in real classrooms engaging in the activities, and opportunities for teachers to experiment with classroom materials.
Project Status: Current |
Self-supporting |
|
Betty Zan
Associate Professor
University of Northern Iowa
319-273-2101
|
| Ramps and pathways: A constructivist approach to teaching physical science |
The project's purpose is to develop physical science
curriculum for children pre-K through grade 2 that will
result in improved science achievement. Project goals are:
(1) to develop age-appropriate physical science curriculum
concerning the movement of objects along ramps and pathways
that will lead to knowledge about concepts of forces and
motion, ability to engage in scientific inquiry; ability to
solve engineering problems; and positive attitudes about
science and themselves as science learners; (2) to develop
professional development materials that will support early
childhood educators in understanding how to foster young
children's learning about physical science and scientific
inquiry.
Project Status: Current |
National Science Foundation |
|
Betty Zan
Associate Professor
University of Northern Iowa
319-273-2101
|
