SDUSD Science

The San Diego County Office of Education is producing thematic online learning curriculum units for every grade level. Check them out here!

SDCOE has also curated lists of resources for Distance Learning and Science

The Science of Music. Listening to Waves will be issuing professional development units and providing full scholarships.

This NSF-sponsored program has been creating engaging hands-on online tools and lesson plans that connect K-12 physics with the science of music. Please visit our website to play with the tools and follow the link below for more information.
https://listeningtowaves.com/continuing-education-credits

SciREN-San Diego hopes to support you by connecting you with local researchers to help bring cutting-edge STEM activities and virtual lessons to your classrooms. To do this, we are starting a San Diego-based group as part of The Scientific Research and Education Network (SciREN). SciREN is a non-profit organization that aims to connect local STEM researchers and educators to foster the dissemination of current research and ultimately enhance the science literacy of today’s youth.

If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form and we will contact you with additional information: https://forms.gle/4yiVJvSJAPJXK5EV9

SciREN-San Diego events will consist of:

1) A lesson plan writing workshop for researchers to learn how to prepare their scientific ideas for the K-12 classroom and adhere to state and national educational standards. This will be virtually and ~2-3 hours. This is optional for educators who would like to help researchers draft lesson plans.

2) The main event: a researcher / educator networking event, which allows for direct interface between the researchers and educators. This will be virtual and ~2-3 hours.

3) Additional optional opportunities for virtual class visits, curriculum development, and future collaborations.

We see the need for scientist and educator collaboration, especially as many classrooms will be virtual this year. We know the value of exposure to hands-on, cutting-edge science. We anticipate the time commitment for participating to be just a few hours perusing lesson plans with local scientists. The main event is free and open to all educators and will occur online this year.

Resource Teachers positions that will support Ethnic Studies & all content areas are posted. We are looking to hire three people with an Ethnic Studies background to support the groundbreaking work that the district is engaged in. If this sounds like something that you, or someone you know might be interested in, please consider applying. Feel free to share this link far and wide.

Netflix is releasing more documentaries to their youtube channel to support online learning. https://www.teachthought.com/learning/free-online-documentaries/

• There is a case to be made to keep them physical:

https://www.loom.com/share/443c052a25ca4b69bc7add17ef56fdc4

• There are also some creative ideas around making them virtual:

https://ditchthattextbook.com/google-slides-interactive-notebooks-20-activities-to-fill-them/

https://www.edutopia.org/article/adapting-science-lessons-distance-learning

As we all adapt to a changing world, Birch Aquarium is here to help you. Stay tuned as we work to provide online resources for you and your students based on your needs, and check out our current online offerings.

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