SD Unified Science
May 2025
Unified Science sparks curiosity and creativity, empowering the next generation to enact change in our local and global communities.
Computer Science for All
CSPDWeek is a state-wide summer offering for California grade 6-12 educators, being held in Anaheim, CA, June 23-27, 2025. It is part of the Seasons of CS program, a research-backed Computer Science (CS) professional learning program for educators working in California public schools. Stipend and travel reimbursementare available.
K-5 Educators: There are regional workshops especially for you this summer. Learn more and register at the Summer of CS website.
6-12 Educators: CSPDWeek is a state-wide summer offering to be held in Anaheim, CA, June 23-27, 2025. Learn more and register at the Summer of CS website. Only a few spots are still available!
K-12 Educators: Want to attend a workshop this spring? Review available workshops in May at the Spring Into CS website.
Gardening Community of Practice
School gardens are often a labor of love for educators and families. Join the San Diego School Gardens Community of Practice to connect with school garden experts, volunteers, and educators from across the county regularly during the 2024-2025 school year.
We will share best practices, discuss strategies to overcome challenges, celebrate the successes of school gardens in San Diego, and work together to help develop a network of school garden opportunities for students.
- June 3, 2025. Register
Computer Science Supplemental Authorization
The California Legislature has been considering making computer science a mandated offering and maybe even a graduation requirement. Are we prepared for that eventuality?
Wishing you could be a computer science teacher? The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) can help! SDCOE has applied and been provisionally accepted for the Computer Science Supplemental Authorization Grant (CS-SAIG). This program offers coursework at UCSD to attain your Supplemental Authorization (SA) at no cost to you or your district. The high-quality coursework is completely online and asynchronous. Further, quarterly cohort gatherings will offer more support and extra learning opportunities which will compensate you for your extra time. Letters of commitment from teachers and a site administrator are required.
A cohort opened to everyone will start in July. There are 35 total slots available. Priority acceptance will be given to rural schools, schools with a high unduplicated pupil percentage, and schools which do not currently offer computer science. More questions? Look over this FAQ document. This is an excellent opportunity for any subject teachers with a deep interest in digital technologies, but especially good for current teachers of Math or Science. Express your interest by filling out this interest form.
This opportunity is a product of the California Mathematics-Science-Computer Science grant.
Exploring Environmental Justice Using Data 2025
Meet enthusiastic teachers from across Southern California, engage with science experts, and identify culturally relevant phenomena that highlight environmental justice issues and can be explored with data during classroom instruction.
This multi-day virtual professional learning series will focus on leveraging environmental and data literacy within science to highlight environmental justice issues.
Audience: Grade 6-12 teachers
A stipend of $1,000 will be available to teachers who participate in all of the professional learning sessions and activities, as well as show evidence of classroom implementation.
We want to hear your recommendations and share them with other science teachers!
If you have a favorite curriculum, reading, activity, or PLC plan that you want to recommend to other teachers we want to capture a short (1-3 minutes) video of you describing it and share it with other unified science teachers!
Email tlerner@sandi.net and one of us will come to visit you and record a short clip !