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The students and faculty at San Diego State University's Marine Ecology and Biology Student Association (MEBSA) are excited to invite you to our FREE community event- Marine Science Day at the Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory (CMIL), on Sunday, April 16, 2023 from 11am-3pm.

MEBSA is a student-run organization that strives to raise awareness about current research and conservation issues in marine science. This exciting opportunity to explore our marine lab, learn about current research at SDSU, and engage with local marine scientists only comes around once a year and we are incredibly excited to welcome back members of our community for our first public event since the pandemic shutdowns.

Come learn about some of our favorite Saltwater Superheroes through interactive games, lab tours, activities, SCUBA demos, and seminars by local scientists! Marine Science Day is FREE, kid-friendly, and geared toward all members of the public.

Check out our website for more info: https://mebsa.wordpress.com/marine-science-day-2023/

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.

Tijuana Estuary's middle & high school teacher training, also known as TOTE, will take place in early summer on June 27th and 28th. It will be all in-person for the first time since 2019, with some asynchronous preparation.Teachers on the Estuary explorers Authentic Data Literacy and bring coastal research into the classroom.

If you want to learn more about Tijuana Estuary's Middle and High School materials it's available on our website.

At this training you will:

· see and experience science being done at Tijuana River NERR and learn how you can use it to enhance your teaching.

· interact with Reserve researchers, visit wetland restoration sites, and see the long-term monitoring that is used to manage these projects (living experiments).

· find out how to integrate your training experiences with online nationwide Reserve data and our virtual and in-person monitoring-based field trips.

To register, use the form or email Anne Marie Tipton, Education Coordinator.

Check out this Environmental Literacy Opportunity!

Over the course of the One Planet Rewilding Challenge, students will learn the history behind Yellowstone, one of the world’s most successful conservation projects, and efforts around the world to conserve the Earth’s resources.

Learn more about the challenge:

• When: April 19-28
• Where: Online! Students can log in and schools can register here.

Teachers can simply sign up their school to get a unique school code, then tell their students about ITZA, and send them off to discover! (Teachers should remember to share the school code with their students from April 19 so they can sign up to the school team).

NSTA offers short, self-paced, online courses that educators may utilize to enhance their profession, deepen students' learning, and encourage equitable participation in the classroom. Complete each course to earn an NSTA professional learning unit certificate, which can be applied towards credit hours of professional learning, anytime it is convenient for you, regardless of your schedule or location. Some NSTA professional learning units are free for NSTA members and some are free for all educators. Check out What is Sensemaking? for free.

Counseling and Guidance through the SDUSD TUPE Office is looking for some science teachers who are interested in writing a unit that addresses the dangers of vaping and smoking tobacco, nicotine and cannabis products. The units should align with current NGSS and would be able to be added to the GVCs for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Beyond the writing of the curriculum, we are looking at ideas on how to roll out the curriculum (in-person trainings). The non-classroom hourly rate would be used and the amount of hours would be agreed upon prior to the curriculum writing. All interested, please reach out to Patrick Chen @ pchen@sandi.net

Outside the Lens is offering a series of FREE two hour participatory workshops integrating VAPA with Science, Social Science, ELA, or Math. Leave the workshop with a ready media arts project aligned to the core theme and build students' STEAM skill sets, communication, collaboration, and self expression. Learn more here.

For the spring semester of 2022-2023 TeachKind Science – part of PETA’s humane education division is offering pilot program to teach life science standards using dissection alternatives.

Teachers who participate in the pilot program will receive either a free class set of SynFrogs or other modern non-animal dissection resources such as digital interactive software. At the completion of the pilot program this semester, teachers will receive an appreciation gift and a Certificate of Appreciation for helping to save animals.

Interested teachers can call (850.766.1403) or email (sallys@peta.org.)

Join us for a free lecture series presented by MSTI to help teachers in the community--like you!

Each lecture will focus on a specific teacher related topic, formatted to help you succeed in your career and connect you with other professionals. Snacks will be provided, as well as a space to build community and share resources.

Hybrid Lectures held on Mondays

5-6 PM at CRMSE and virtually on zoom:

6475 Alvarado Road, Suite 128

San Diego, CA. 92120-5013

Free and Plentiful Parking

Future Topics may Include:

Feeling Supported and Understood as a Teacher, Post Covid, Feeling Burnt Out? We’ve Got You Covered, Teachers, Your Mental Health Matters Too!, How To Find the Support You Need When Admin Doesn't Get It, School Climate, Why it Matters, ASTEP Toolkit - Focusing on Phenomena, Teaching with External Stressors, Aquaponics Creation, Math and Science Supply Exchange

Heithoff-Brody High School Summer Scholars Summer 2023

June 20th-August 11th
Paid internship, located in La Jolla Gain real life experience in scientific research with a mentor Dedicate 30-40 hours per week Must be San Diego county resident
Must be at least 16 years of age by on or before June 26th, 2023 Transportation can be provided

Virtual Workshops

April 5th 4pm – 5pm

Zoom ID: 875 8368 8297 Passcode: salk

Here is the website: https://www.salk.edu/about/education-outreach/programs/high-school-scholars/

• Welcome to Amplify Science page - introduction and getting started resources
• Most recent Amplify Science Newsletter
• Back to basics training recoreding and resources summer 2022
• Amplify Student workbooks are available in limited amount. If you are out of student workbooks we have a limited supply of workbooks to assist with restocking! Available through Destiny.
  

Did you find a great curriculum resource? Participated in a great research opportunity? Do you enjoy reading one of the books we offered teachers? Had a great PLC or PD meeting that you want to recommend for other teachers?

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 !

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