Worcester Head Start, a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides early childhood education to low-income families and their children. This project focused on station design for a mobile learning unit centered around science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM), known throughout this report as a STEAM Bus. Using Head Start’s early learning outcome frameworks as a guide, our team utilized research, co-design, and teamwork to design four stations: Animals and the Seasons Mural, Interactive Tree Touchscreen, Worcester Transportation Mat, and a Ball Racing Ramp. After creating sketches of our stations, we made storyboards, to highlight experiences in the STEAM Bus, and developed recommended materials lists to aid Head Start in implementing these designs.

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Creator

• Patel, Yash P.
• Tengdin, Daniel T.
• Rock, Alexis M.
• DeLorie, Sonya

Subject

• Learning
• Community
• Inclusion
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 6181
• E-project-031921-123222

Keyword

• Mobile Learning
• Children
• Early Childhood Education
• STEAM Education
• Informal Learning
• Families

Advisor

• Chen, Katherine C.

Year

• 2021

Center

• STEM Education Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Worcester Head Start

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2021-03-19

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-07-24