Successful STEM Education | Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

STEM Smart: Lessons Learned from Successful Schools

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, District of Columbia
December 03, 2013

**Downloads: DC STEM Smart Agenda.pdf | DC STEM Smart Presenter Bios.pdf | DC STEM Smart Program Descriptions.pdf**
Time	Description
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration (coffee served)
9:00am - 9:30am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation Claudine Brown, Assistant Secretary for Education and Access, Smithsonian Institution
9:30am - 10:30am	Issues and Opportunities in PreK-3 STEM Education —Plenary Presentation Moderator: Janice Earle, National Science Foundation Panelists: Susan Carey, Harvard University; Doug Clements, University of Denver; Kimberlee Kiehl, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center; Karen Worth, Wheelock College
10:30am - 10:45am	Break
10:45am - 12:00pm	Focusing on PreK-3 STEM Education—Breakout Sessions Self-Regulation and Cognitive Control: Why Executive Functions Matter For Early Stem Education : Susan Carey, Harvard University \| View Presentation Supporting the Development of Models and Modeling : Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University; Liz Penner, Verona Area School District, WI \| View Presentation Supports for Preschool STEM Learners and the Teachers Who Teach Them : Kimberly Brenneman, National Institute for Early Education Research \| View Presentation \| Handout Technology and the Future of Preschool: Developmentally Appropriate and Evidence-Based Approaches to Integrating Technology in the Classroom : Phil Vahey and Ximena Dominguez, SRI International; Ashley Lewis Presser, Education Development Center, Inc. \| View Presentation The Building Blocks of Math : Doug Clements and Julie Sarama, University of Denver \| View Presentation \| Brief \| Handout The Young Scientist: Teaching and Learning Science in Preschool Classrooms : Karen Worth, Wheelock College; Jeff Winokur, Education Development Center, Inc. \| View Presentation
12:00pm - 12:15pm	Break
12:15pm - 12:45pm	Networking (lunch served) Frontiers and Challenges of Early Childhood Research —Plenary Presentation Speaker: Deborah Phillips, Professor, Georgetown University \| View Presentation
1:45pm - 2:00pm	Break
2:00pm - 3:15pm	Focusing on PreK-3 STEM Education—Breakout Sessions Anywhere STEM Exploration: Supporting STEM Learning in Formal and Informal Settings with PEEP and the Big Wide World : Kate Taylor and Gay Mohrbacher, WGBH \| View Presentation Playscapes: Designed Nature Environments to Promote Informal Science Learning : Victoria Carr, Catherine Maltbie, and Leslie Kochanowski, University of Cincinnati \| View Presentation Ramps and Pathways: Integrating Physical Science and Engineering in Early Childhood : Betty Zan, University of Northern Iowa \| View Presentation Scaffolding Young Math Learners to be Effective Spatial Problem Solvers : Beth Casey, Boston College \| View Presentation The Missing T & E in Early Childhood STEM: Young Children as Programmers and Engineers : Marina Bers, Amanda Strawhacker and Amanda Sullivan, Tufts University \| View Presentation Young Children Explore the World: Seriously Amazing Experiences at the Smithsonian : Kimberlee Kiehl, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center; Ann Caspari, Smithsonian Institution \| View Presentation 1 \| View Presentation 2
3:15pm - 3:30pm	Break
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Reflections and Implications —Plenary Presentation *Moderator: Natalie Nielsen*, National Research Council *Panelists: Amy Beal*, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD \| View Presentation; Amy Reese, Howard County Public Schools, MD \| View Presentation