Welcome to
The HUB

The Early Science Hub is a professional learning resource co-designed by preschool educators, families, designers of educational technology and researchers to help meaningfully integrate science into early learning classrooms.

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Explore the library of professional learning resources for early childhood educators.
Explore links between science and other learning areas.
Explore resources to help connect science learning across home and school.

Our Team

We are a collaborative team of early childhood educators, designers and researchers. Through co-design, we strive to empower educators, families, and children to innovate and shape resources that authentically reflect their experiences and meet their needs.

Digital Promise Researchers

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Ximena Dominguez
Principal Investigator (PI)
Danae Kamdar
Early STEM Education Researcher
Tiffany Leones
Early STEM Education Researcher
Xin Wei
Co-Principal Investigator
KellyAnn Tsai
Research Communications Manager
Corinne Colgan
Director of Video

Preschool Educators

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Northern Virginia Family Services
Head Start Preschool
Sunnyvale Unified School District
Preschool Program
ABCD Head Start and Children's Services
Head Start Preschool

Curious Media Designers

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Phil Balisciano
Account Director
Madison Miller
User Experience Designer

Project Advisors

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Phil Vahey
Applied Learning Insights
Daryl Greenfield
University of Miami
Savitha Moorthy
Tandem, Partners in Early Learning
Elica Sharifnia

Featured Publications

Project Webpage on CADRE's website

The Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) highlights current projects funded by NSF. Check out the website for a summary of our project's goals and activities.