Thanks to Pacific Clinics Head Start/Early Head Start for providing guidance and these documents to use by Region 9 Head Start Association.

STEM Curriculum Fair Overview

The Region 9 Head Start Association is looking for early childhood educators who are

interested in presenting at our upcoming Curriculum Fair at the Early Childhood STEM

Institute in Sacramento, California to be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.

The STEM Curriculum Fair will provide participants an opportunity to showcase some of their

program’s high impact practices. We are looking for early childhood teachers, home

educators, and providers who are interested in having their activities displayed at the

conference. An opportunity will be provided for these educators to present their project to

others during the STEM Curriculum Fair event.

Interested teams of teachers are encouraged to apply!

• Review the attached resources to help plan your curriculum project.

• Complete the attached Proposal Application; which should include a project

presentation title, presentation description (100 – 125 words), and a biography of the

presenter’s qualifications. Indicate how the project is aligned with the Head Start

Early Learning Outcomes Framework in the areas of cognitive development, science

and mathematics.

• Submit your Proposal Application to: Susan.Garland@seta.net with the subject line

“STEM Curriculum Fair” by March 27, 2020.

• Submit your completed Activity Planning Form as part of your project, by April 10,

2020. (These curriculum planning forms will be compiled into a Curriculum Fair

Booklet that will be available to all attendees at the event).

Please contact me if you have additional questions!

Susan Field Garland; Education Coordinator

SETA Head Start

Susan.Garland@seta.net

Additional resources can be found on the Region 9 Head Start Association website; Informational

webinar, KWL Chart, Teacher Planning Web (Blank), Sample Teacher Planning Web

Insert Responses in Column Below

Name / Professional Title

Company/Affiliation

Mailing Address City, State, Zip Cell # Work # Email Address Description of Presenter Qualifications:

Project Presentation Title:

Early Childhood STEM Curriculum Fair Event

Sacramento , California Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Presenter Proposal

2020

Presenter 1Name / Professional Title

Presenter 2Name / Professional Title

Presenter 3

Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework Domains (Check all that apply to your project)

Infant/Toddler-Cognition Exploration and Discovery Memory Reasoning and Problem Solving Emergent Mathematical Thinking Imitation and Symbolic Representation and Play

Preschool-Mathematics Development and Scientific Reasoning Counting and Cardinality Operations and Algebraic Thinking Measurement Geometry and Spatial Sense Scientific Inquiry Reasoning and Problem Solving

Special A/V Needs (i.e. laptop/projector and

connections, microphone):

Special Set-up Needs (i.e. easel, table top)

Presenter Proposal

Presentation Description/Scoop of Science and Math Curriculum Project to be Displayed and Presented (100-125 Words)

Building Structures with Young Children

Creative Block Play Preschool Pathways to Science

High-Five Mathematize!

The Project Approach

Baby STEMDiscovery Source

Teaching STEM in the Early Years

Young Investigators

A Head Start on Science

A Sample of Suggested Resources

February 2020

Information for Presenters Science and Math Curriculum Fair Project

At the Curriculum Fair each participant will present inquiry-based science and/or math

curriculum ideas they have used in their classrooms that promote or enrich STEM

education. Presenters will have one 8-foot table and the space in front and behind it for

their display. We ask that presenters follow the criteria below when planning and

displaying their ideas:

1. Projects will focus on science and math curriculum development and enrichment for

children birth to five. All activities will be developmentally appropriate and culturally

sensitive. Ideas displayed will be unique and new or creative adaptations of traditional

activities.

2. Project Planning: Plan a project using a planning web and/or KWL process. Follow

through with planning, investigating, and sharing what the children learned. Produce

documentation of the project ongoing. Prepare a Display Board and short 5-minute oral

presentation to share your Project with other teachers.

3. Activity Planning Forms: Presenters will be asked to use and submit the Activities

Planning Form as part of their projects. These curriculum planning forms will be compiled

by Region 9 Head Start Association – STEM Committee into a Curriculum Fair Booklet

that will be available to all attendees at the Curriculum Fair event. Presenters are asked

to authorize sharing their curriculum planning ideas as part of their participation.

4. Webbing/ KWL: These sample templates are available as a resource to presenters to

use as part of their project and presentations.

5. Family Engagement: Family engagement in STEM education is important to include in

your project. Describe aspects of how families were involved and show examples of how

parents were engaged in the education of the children through the project. Include how

parents can extend activities into the home.

6. Project Display Board: Presenters will present a Project Display Board with a project

title, including a Project Summary with a statement of your purpose, intentional learning

objectives and concepts emphasized. Display boards will focus on documentation of

children’s learning as they construct knowledge through scientific inquiry. A Sample

Curriculum Fair Display Board template is available for use.

Display Recommendations:

• Project ideas, activities, and materials used in classrooms or on home visits, will be

documented, in presenter displays through the use of photos, videotape, work

samples, and/or documentation boards.

• Bilingual, multicultural and individualized child needs will be reflected in activities,

materials and learning environments. This will also be apparent in the display, such

as showing how to modify an activity to include all children.

• Displays will be enhanced with materials that enrich the classroom such as cultural

reflective materials, found objects, objects from homes, recyclables, from nature,

or other interesting aesthetic elements. Displays will limit the use of commercial

products from educational materials catalogs.

• Presenters will be responsible for all set up and any materials needed for their

display. They may request audio visual equipment or extension cords, etc.

7. Presentations: Presenters will be invited to give a 5-minute oral presentation

describing their project. A microphone will be available. There will be a total of 25

project presenters. Oral presentations are optional. The 3-hour curriculum fair event will

include oral project presentations, informal review and discussion of the project displays

by the attendees and presenters (“Walk About, Talk About”), and a wrap up event

presentation by facilitators.

Thanks to Pacific Clinics Head Start/Early Head Start for providing guidance and these documents to use by Region 9 Head Start Association.

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J. Cashell Pacific Clinics Head Start/Early Head StartSpring 2020

CURRICULUM FAIR

ACTIVITY LESSON PLANNING SHEET (To be typed)

SITE:

CLASSROOM:

PROJECT TITLE:

TEAM MEMBERS:

CONCEPT(S): (Primary ideas that are related to this lesson plan.)

MATERIALS:

PREPARATION:

GOAL – Child Outcome(s) (Check all that apply)

Math Science

Head Start Learning Outcomes Framework: Sub-Domains Specify age group. Check sub domains that apply

Infant/ Toddler - Cognition

Exploration and Discovery

Memory

Reasoning and Problem-Solving

Emergent Mathematical Thinking

Imitation and Symbolic Representation and

Play

Preschool – Mathematics Development and

Scientific Reasoning

Counting and Cardinality

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Measurement

Geometry and Spatial Sense

Scientific Inquiry

Reasoning and Problem-Solving

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STRATEGIES (Beginning, middle, end):

OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS

ANALYSIS AND REASONING QUESTIONS

VOCABULARY (Advanced Language)

CONNECTION TO REAL WORLD:

HOME SCHOOL/CONNECTION: (Family engagement)

J. Cashell Pacific Clinics Head Start/Early Head Start Spring 2020

REFERENCES:

Teacher Signature _________________________________Date_______________________

FSA Signature ____________________________________ Date_______________________

Supervisor Signature _______________________________Date_______________________

J. Cashell, Feb. 2018

Project Title

Questions to investigate

Focus Picture

Family Engagement,

Home/School Learning

Connections

Sharing what we learned

• The outcomes for

children

• Data collection and

analysis, graphs,

charts

Documentation

• Use this section to tell the story

of your project by using pictures

and brief captions

Child’s

Journal

Related

Children’s

Books

Child art samples, 2D,

3D

Teaching

Resources

or

Bibliography

KWL and Project

Planning Web

(Science and Math

focus)

Sample Science and Math Curriculum Fair

Display Board

Connection to Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Science and Math

Documentation

(Pictures)

On display

table

Summary

Statement of what

was investigated

• Why

• How

©Pacific Clinics Head Start/Early Head Start Feb. 2018

Presentation Talking Points

Each presenter/team will have about 5 minutes to present their project; below are key points

that should be mentioned during the presentation. Please feel free to include additional

information that is important to your project. Power Point presentations are welcomed;

however, please let the STEM planning committee know that you will be using a Power Point so

they may provide the appropriate technology.

• Project Title

• Age group

• How topic was chosen

• Concepts of project

• How it ties into School Readiness Goals

• How math and/or science was integrated

• How the children became engaged and what kind of questions were they asking (and

what questions you were asking)

• Length of project, steps, and stages

• What were the learning outcomes

• How families became involved (Family Engagement)

• How can this project be expanded or lead to a new project

Pacific Clinics Head Start Lead Teacher, Hrachuhi D., presenting at their in house STEM Curriculum Fair.

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Curriculum Fair Model

from

Pacific Clinics Head Start/ Early Head Start

DESCRPTION: MATH AND SCIENCE CURRICULUM FAIR

The Science and Math Curriculum Fair will highlight the development of innovative

education and instructional support that benefits the cognitive learning of young children.

This innovative event will host 25 teacher presenters who will showcase their STEM

project work by creating table top exhibits using display poster boards, photographs,

documentation, stories, and children’s work samples. Presenters will have up to 5

minutes to share an oral mini-presentation with participants who attend the event.

Participants and presenters will also have a time for informal viewing of projects during

an activity time called “Walk About, Talk About” to enhance the opportunity for

reflective practice and idea sharing.

We will ask event participants to share positive feedback and the Region IX Head Start

Association STEM Committee will select some “Projects of Excellence” from among the

presenters who will receive a special award from Region IX Head Start Association.

Please join the excitement and honor Teachers Teaching Teachers at this unique and fun

STEM celebration!

Overview

The Curriculum Fair is a special training model that celebrates teacher creativity, skill

and expertise. As a part of professional development teachers present, and display

preschool and infant/ toddler curriculum activities that focus on math and science early

learning concepts. The projects and activities grow out of plans made by teachers who

often work together in teams and find their inspiration from the children. Teachers will

describe how their ideas grew from the interests of the children.

Teachers will explain the processes of their science investigations and display evidence

of the children’s work which demonstrates their learning outcomes. Teachers will present

their projects to their peers who come from many diverse communities and regional areas

to attend the STEM Institute. The Science and Math Curriculum Fair will celebrate the

work of the many gifted early childhood teachers working with children ages birth to

five.

Teachers will present display booths full of curriculum activities and materials produced

by early childhood teachers and experienced by their children. Topics displayed will be

related to math and science and include topic studies such as Shadow Exploration, Rocks

and Weeds, Sounds all Around, Balls in Action, Fast Plants, Science Inquiry with Sea

Shells, Form and Function of Threading, Paths and Inclines, Homemade Roller Coasters,

and Water Navigation Systems. Participants will take a “Walk About” through the

numerous displays to collect ideas to take back and use in their classrooms. A book of

teacher’s lesson plans will be compiled and will be available to all teachers who attend

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the event. Sets of blocks, puzzles and other STEM materials will distributed as door

prizes to participants.

“Walk About, Talk About” – Learn and Discover Together with Peers

The Curriculum Fair is a special training model that celebrates teacher

creativity, skill and expertise.

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Teachers describe how their ideas grow from the interests of the children.

They explain the processes of science investigations and display evidence of

the children’s work which demonstrates the learning outcomes.

As a part of their professional development teachers present, and display

preschool and infant/ toddler curriculum activities that focus on math and

science early learning concepts.

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Curriculum Fair – Time for teacher discussions and reflective practice.

Showcasing Projects of Excellence