At the San Diego STEM Ecosystem, our mission is to create a San Diego where every learner is at the center of a rich ecosystem of connected STEM learning opportunities and STEM-supportive individuals.
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Trace your family’s (or object’s) shadows with sidewalk chalk. Stand in the same spot at different times throughout the day. What do you notice?
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Siga las sombras de su familia (u objeto) con gis. Párese en el mismo lugar a una hora diferente a lo largo del día. ¿Que notaste?
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You're invited to celebrate Brain Balance Centers in the heart of Chula Vista Village at F and 3rd St.!
https://www.sdstemecosystem.org/find-opportunities/brain-balance-chula-vista-grand-opening
You're invited to celebrate Brain Balance of San Diego's newest center in the heart of Chula Vista Village at F and 3rd St.
Happy STEMtember! Welcome the new school year with a game of BINGO based on our Daily Dose of STEM posts. Complete 4 Daily Dose of STEM activities in a row on your BINGO card and post a picture of the marked card and/or a video of the Daily Dose in action on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Tag @stemecosystemsd in your post for a chance to win a prize from one of our partners from now until September 30! You can print a BINGO card at stemecosystem.org/early-childhood or pick one up at a San Diego Public Library branch.
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Complete 4 actividades de Dosis Diaria de STEM de esta tarjeta BINGO y tache la actividades que completo con su hijo/a. Publique una imagen de la tarjeta demostrando cuarto y/o publique un video donde usted lleva acabo una actividad de Dosis Diaria por Instagram, Facebook o Twitter. Etiqueta @stemecosystemsd en tu publicación para tener la oportunidad de ganar un premio de uno de nuestros socios empezando hoy hasta el 30 de septiembre. Puedo imprimir una tarjeta de BINGO en stemecosystem.org/early-childhood o recoger uno en la biblioteca de San Diego Public Library.
¿Qué formas puedes encontrar en la naturaleza, en el supermercado, o en el consultorio del médico? ¿Qué es similar entre un rectángulo y un cuadrado? ¿Qué es diferente?
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What shapes can you find in nature, in the grocery store, or at the doctor’s office? What is similar between a rectangle and a square? What is different?
#math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Empty boxes encourage creativity and thinking skills. Children can decide how to change the box into something they can use for pretend play, line a castle or cave! Then they can use their imagination and problem solving skills to turn ideas into reality. Mobile infants can crawl through large boxes or stack smaller ones.
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Las cajas vacías pueden fomentar la creatividad y la capacidad de pensamiento. Los niños pueden usar para jugar, como un castillo o una cueva. Luego, pueden usar su imaginación y habilidades para resolver problemas para convertir las ideas en realidad. Los bebés que se desplazan pueden gatear a través de cajas grandes o apilar cajas más pequeñas.
#engineering #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
¡Descubre insectos mientras juegas al aire libre! ¿En qué se diferencian? ¿Puedes ponerlos en categorías? ¿Volador? ¿Gateando? ¿Tamaño? ¿Color?
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Discover insects while playing outside! How are they different? Can you put them into categories? Flying? Crawling? Size? Color?
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#science #DailyDoseofSTEM #earlychildhoodSTEM
Go on a color scavenger hunt 🌈 Make a card with different colors on it and go for a walk outside or inside your home. Have your little ones cross off each color as they identify something of that color.
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Realice una búsqueda del tesoro de colores. Haga una tarjeta con colores diferentes y sáquela a caminar afuera o dentro de su casa. Haga que su pequeño tache cada color para identificar algo de ese color.
#science #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Introducing our first monthly Partner Spotlight: Jaclyn Sarnese of ElevatEd Classrooms! Learn about how Jackie got into STEM, what ElevatEd Classrooms does, and why they are a proud partner of the STEM Ecosystem 🤝 #partnerspotlight #sandiegostem
Pruebe diferentes botellas y frascos en su hogar. Practique atornillar y desenroscar la parte superior y las tapas. ¿Cómo se mantienen juntas estas cosas? ¿Puede intercambiar las tapas?
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Test out different bottles and jars in your home. Practice screwing and unscrewing the tops and lids. How do these things hold together? Can you swap lids?
#technology #DailyDoseSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Use household objects to create something that will fly. Be an engineer and improve your design!
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Use objetos domésticos para crear algo que vuele. ¡Sea ingeniero y piense en cómo puede mejorar su diseño!
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12-year-old heads to college with goal to change STEM
12-year-old Alena Analeigh is set to begin college with a passion for engineering and a mission to pave the way for others. She founded the organization Brown STEM Girl to provide learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math to young girls of color.
Pídale a su hijo/a que adivine cuántos segmentos hay dentro de una naranja o una mandarina. Pele una mandarina/naranja. ¿Cuántos segmentos o rebanadas hay dentro? ¿Que tan cerca estaba su hijo/a a su número estimado? ¿Es un número par o impar?
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Ask your child to guess how many segments are inside an orange or a tangerine. Peel a tangerine/orange. How many segments or slices are within? Was your child close to their guess? Is it an even number or an odd number?
#math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
While washing dishes or playing in the bath create different size bubbles 🛁 Splash your hands around! Blow on the bubbles. See how big and small they are. This is the perfect time to engage in a conversation about chemistry and how mixing things together can change two things into something else!
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Al lavar los trastes o durante su baño en la tina, con el jabón haga burbujas de differente tamaños. ¡Aplauda con las manos llenas de burbujas! Sople las burbujas. Compare lo grande o chicas que son. Introduzca conversaciones básicas sobre la química y como al mesclar dos elementos cambien a ser algo diferente. ¡En este ejemplo el jabón, el agua, y el aire se convierte en burbujas!
#science #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Salga al aire libre y recojan sus juguetes favoritos o materiales naturales para hacer predicciones, cuales flotaran en el agua o cuales se hunden. La habilidad de flotar or hundirse depende de la gravedad y la flotabilidad del objecto, y también la cantidad de agua que empuja el barco.
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This can be done at bath time or right in the kitchen! Gather some of your favorite toys or natural materials from outside and make predictions about whether or not they will sink or float. Ask children to explain their thinking - is it because of the size of the object? Or weight? This is a great opportunity to explain why something large like a boat can still float! (It’s because of gravity, buoyancy, and the amount of water a boat pushes out of the way).
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#science #DailyDoseofSTEM #DosisdiariadeSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Greetings Friends! Join us on Friday at 10 AM Pacific Time as Fleet Science Center leads an activity to explore patterns and symmetry through Tie Dye. Did you know that people have been using minerals from rocks and dirt for over 350,000 years for pigments and that the dyeing of cloth using plant materials dates back to over 12,000 years ago?
Find out more at www.nc16weeksofsteam.org. And in the following weeks Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center and A Reason To Survive (ARTS) will also share activities during this time slot.
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Join us for 16 weeks of STEAM discovery and exploration. Special learning activities for the whole family.
Parents! Caregivers! Science lovers! D-I-Y fanatics! Are you looking for science activities that you can do as a family with supplies you can find at home? Not sure where to look or how to get started?
Get excited for a series of “how to videos” directly from community partners each Friday morning in April starting Friday, 4/9.
We are kicking it off with a Tie Dye Activity by Fleet Science Center and San Diego STEM Ecosystem. All activities are part of the National City 16 Weeks of STEAM which is available online in 3 languages: English, Spanish and Tagalog. 16 Weeks of STEAM has 16 weeks of fun and free activities for the family focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.
Each video will teach you how to share what you learned and earn prizes like free books, kits, tickets, and gift cards through the www.nc16weeksofsteam.org website.
Full Schedule:
Friday, 4/9 at 10am, Tie Dye Activity with Fleet Science Center and San Diego STEM Ecosystem
Friday, 4/16, 10am, Oh My Seed! Activity with Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center
Friday, 4/23, 10am, Mixed Media Farm Collage with A Reason To Survive (ARTS)
#NC16WeeksofSTEAM #NationalCity #STEM #STEAM #NCSTEAM #hydrosphere #biosphere #atmosphere #geosphere
Join us for 16 weeks of STEAM discovery and exploration. Special learning activities for the whole family.
Check out the latest "My STEAM Story" additions to our YouTube channel! There's Megan, a farmer at Coastal Roots Farm 👩🌾 and Vanessa & Natalie, marine scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 🐋 and more!
“My STEM Story” is a series of 2-5 minute videos of individuals in the STEM field being curated by the Escondido STEM Collaborative. The goal of these videos is to provide students with authentic background and context of the skills needed to become a STEM professional.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTIl7_hBEG31r_OUYNvLoKQGXccGMyeUX
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Find natural materials like sticks, rocks, etc. and create a building out of them 🪵 How talk can you make your building? How wide? What is your building being used for? Can you make a door or window? 🏢 #engineering #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Find natural materials like sticks, rocks, etc. and create a building out of them 🪵 How talk can you make your building? How wide? What is your building being used for? Can you make a door or window? 🏢 #engineering #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Measure your family members’ heights using any household object. Compare the heights 📏 Tallest? Shortest? Put them in order! #math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Measure your family members’ heights using any household object. Compare the heights 📏 Tallest? Shortest? Put them in order! #math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
All environmental educators are invited! Join us Tuesday for a reflection on what we've learned teaching virtually, and how we will use our lessons learned when we return to teaching in person. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lessons-learned-in-environmental-education-tickets-145956057497
Join us to reflect on lessons learned in the environmental education sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The San Diego STEM Ecosystem invites you to another STEM Educator Social Hour on March 17! Join us for a discussion around low stress engineering and embracing failure, led by our Early Childhood STEM working group. #STEM #engineering #sdSTEMeetup Registration: http://bit.ly/2TcY8px
The San Diego STEM Ecosystem invites you to another STEM Educator Social Hour on March 17! Join us for a discussion around low stress engineering and embracing failure, led by our Early Childhood STEM working group. #STEM #engineering #sdSTEMeetup Registration: http://bit.ly/2TcY8px
Go outside and look for bugs 🐞 How many different kinds can you find? Where do they live? What do you think they eat? 🪱 #science #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Go outside and look for bugs 🐞 How many different kinds can you find? Where do they live? What do you think they eat? 🪱 #science #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Sorting is a foundational element of math. Ask your child to gather their favorite toys in a pile 🧸 Then ask them to sort them in different ways: by color, size, shape... anything you can think of! Sorting helps children to make connections and classifications and is an important tool in helping to develop critical thinking skills. #math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Sorting is a foundational element of math. Ask your child to gather their favorite toys in a pile 🧸 Then ask them to sort them in different ways: by color, size, shape... anything you can think of! Sorting helps children to make connections and classifications and is an important tool in helping to develop critical thinking skills. #math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
At yesterday’s STEM Educator Meetup, our Ecosystem partner ElevatEd Classrooms gave us some tips on how to avoid Zoom fatigue and incorporate social emotional learning in STEM classrooms. Check them out for more great SEL content or to present to your educators! And mark your calendar for our next Meetup: March 17 at 4:00 ☘️
Use a tissue box or cereal box to create a bird house 🏠 Research what birds are in your neighborhood. What do they need to be comfortable? 🕊 #Engineering #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Use a tissue box or cereal box to create a bird house 🏠 Research what birds are in your neighborhood. What do they need to be comfortable? 🕊 #Engineering #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
The National City STEAM Collaborative has kicked off the first ever 16 Weeks of STEAM this week! Lots of fun family activities and badges for students to earn. Learn more at https://nc16weeksofsteam.org #NC16WeeksofSTEAM #NationalCity
The National City STEAM Collaborative has kicked off the first ever 16 Weeks of STEAM this week! Lots of fun family activities and badges for students to earn. Learn more at https://nc16weeksofsteam.org #NC16WeeksofSTEAM #NationalCity
Can you make wind by blowing your breath? What things can you make move? What things can’t you move with your breath? Why not? 🌬 #science #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Use a plastic hanger, yarn, and two cups. 🧶 Tie the cups to hang, one from each side. Put snacks in each cup and hang the hanger to weigh them: watch how the hanger tilts! Compare heavy vs. light vs. equal. ⚖️ #math #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Make your own calming lava tube by filling a water bottle with 3/4 oil and 1/4 water. What happens? Add food coloring or glitter for fun! Shake and watch all your worries float away. #science #dailydoseofSTEM #earlychildhoodSTEM
Can’t make it to the snow? Build a shed to pull a toy across your own floor! 🛷Test different materials, such as cardboard, newspaper, or pillow cases to see which helps the sled move the fastest. #engineering #dailydoseofSTEM #earlychildhoodSTEM
Did you know every snowflake is unique? ❄️ Make your own and compare the differences! https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/paper-snowflake.html #math #science #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
Technology is everywhere! Have your child help wrap a few holiday presents to practice using scissors to cut, tape to hold, and maybe even a pen to write their name or draw a picture 🎁 #technology #dailydoseofSTEM #earlychildhoodSTEM
Create a maze out of blocks, legos, or chalk. 🌀 Then use your body (if your maze is big enough) or a toy to try to complete the maze... using code! Codes are just patterns that tell you what to do. 🤖 Use the following codes: Straight, Turn, Walk. Use those codes to help you out your toy escape the maze! #technology #DailyDoseofSTEM #EarlyChildhoodSTEM
What can you blow with a straw? 🧃 Is it easier to blow objects with the straw or with your breath? 🌬 Why? Which objects are easiest to move? Are they small or large? Heavy or light? #science #dailydoseofSTEM #earlychildhoodSTEM
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