Description

Each unit includes stories and practice pages that help children understand science concepts and provide a foundation for completing each STEM challenge. A STEM journal activity helps guide children through the engineering design process: plan, create, test, and record. Topics within each STEM challenge target earth, life, and physical science. Each unit covers a specific scientific concept and includes: • Science Story: Introduces each science concept • Practice Activities: Support children’s understanding • STEM Story: Fictional story with a problem to solve • STEM Challenge: Hands-on activity to solve a problem • STEM Journal: Provides a planning outline to help complete the challenge activity Includes answer key. PreK STEM skills include: • Visual discrimination • Fine motor skills • Comparisons • Letter formation • Sequencing PreK activities incorporate scientific concepts such as: Physical science • Shapes and sizes • Magnets • Floating/sinking Life science • Animals • Plants • People grow and change Earth science • Rocks • Weather • Air Use Smart Start: STEM for enrichment at home and help your student develop lifelong critical thinking skills.