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Walker Elementary School won best elementary STEAM video in the 22nd Annual iVIE Awards and Student Film Festival.

The winners were announced at the Reading Cinemas Town Square in Clairemont on Saturday, June 3. The Authors, Illustrators, and Journalists (AIJ) Academy/Club students at Walker Elementary School created a STEAM Science video, INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS, which included an interview with Inventor Cassidy Matwiyoff and Principal Regina Serbin. It also features the school’s Science Night and several students sharing their ideas for inventions. The video was inspired by the book, LION LIGHTS, by Shelly Pollock and Richard Turere, whose invention helped save African wildlife. San Diego Unified School District’s science department provided its FOSS Science Kit to help students better understand about electricity/inventions/physical science using batteries, wires, motor, and light bulbs. Grace Nall, AIJ Advisor and Walker Elementary School teacher, and her AIJ students created the video during after school for several months.

Since 2001, the iVIE Film Festival has grown into a major San Diego County-wide student video competition for Grades K-12. Annually, there are more than 500 video submissions from 120 teachers, 73 schools, 23 districts, private schools, involving 3,500 students. Submitted videos are judged by media professionals and educators curated by Media Arts Center, San Diego. The categories include documentaries, short narrative, Public Service Announcements (PSA), STEAM, News Story, Diversity and Inclusion, “Do It Yourself,” and “All the Reasons to #LOVE ELECTRIC.” The Media Arts Center San Diego has continued to bring the iVIE Film Festival where students can get creative and explore their talents. San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG & E) is among the sponsors for the event.

In addition to the iVIE Film Festival, the AIJ Academy students at Walker Elementary School entered both the “Inventions and Innovations” video and another AIJ’s video, “News Story: Inspiring Inventions Helping Animals and People” in the 57th Annual California Media Festival. Both videos placed as Top 3 Finalists. The categories were for “Elementary Non-Fiction” and “Elementary Aesthetic Non Fiction.”

Video Links:

Inventions and Innovations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvFjuThoY70

News Story: Inspiring Inventions Helping Animals and People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uifsq4Hj030

Check out the Blog Post on the first Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) meeting for May (2023), we learned from Dr. Bernie A. Bastien-Olvera about how climate is changing ecosystems, what it means to people, and how climate research can inform policy. Click here for access to the slide deck from the presentation and click below for the video of his presentation.

Register Now for the next event! August 29, 2023, 4:30 – 6:00 PM|TRC via Zoom

Teacher / Researcher Collaborative (TRC) with Dr. Morgan Levy

• SDUSD 4th Grade teachers who are interested in joining Elevating Engineering with English Learners (EEELs), please apply! This project brings together 4th grade teachers in California who serve large percentages of Multilingual Learners with leaders in engineering education from WestEd and Penn State University. Teachers will receive a $2000 stipend for participation in this important work.

• For more information: EEELs Information Flyer Pre-Pilot teachers 2023

In this 2-day in-person workshop for 8th grade teachers, you will learn how to use a series of web applications and hands-on learning experiences to playfully explore and create sound. This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Victor Minces and Dr. Alec Barron. Dr. Minces is a neuroscientist of music and a sound artist that designed the web applications. Dr. Barron is the Director of the San Diego Science Project at UC San Diego. You will experience an NGSS-aligned instructional unit that you can teach your students

Click here for Flyer

Take your teaching about climate and energy to the next level with the CLEAN Webinar Series. Check out our schedule of upcoming webinars and our archive of recorded webinars below. All CLEAN webinars are virtual and use the online Zoom platform with screen share and integrated audio.

For questions, more information, or to request a webinar for your school district, please contact us at clean AT colorado.edu.

Teach Plus California is looking for extraordinary educators to be a part of the 2023-24 Teach Plus California Policy Fellowship, a highly selective leadership opportunity for outstanding California teachers looking to deepen their knowledge of education policy and gain a voice in decisions that affect their students and the teaching profession. Teach Plus is working to recruit a cohort of strong teachers that reflects the cultural, linguistic, and geographic diversity of California's students. It is even more crucial to elevate the diverse voices of our best classroom teachers as we face unprecedented challenges and opportunity in our education system.

If you know an amazing teacher leader, nominate them today! And if you are an amazing teacher leader, apply today!

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Our evidence-based curriculum is one of the best ways to connect kids with real-world computer science applications – just look at our recent Spring 2023 GWC Challenge results.

Of the 141 submissions we received exploring how Artificial Intelligence can be used for good, over 100 came from Club members, and winners received a $250 Amazon Gift Card and Girls Who Code swag.

This summer, help young people get a head start on our next GWC Challenge. Start a free Club in your community and give kids a leg up in computer science learning and achievement.

SIGN UP FOR SUMMER

PETA TeachKind Science has launched a state-of-the-art science education pilot program to teach students dissection using more effective, ethical, and economical non-animal training methods, such as interactive computer software programs and hands-on, realistic simulation models like SynFrog. Our pilot program is designed to incorporate modern teaching tools that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and offered free to qualifying schools—and to gauge teacher and student satisfaction. Through our pilot program, we donate these resources to schools nationwide. For more information or to submit an application to participate in the free pilot program, please visit PETA TeachKind or contact Morgan Apperson at morgana@peta.org. Thank you

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