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Please share photos and other exciting news from your class with us! We would love to feature it here, on our site and on social media.

As you are winding down the school year, you may be doing some decluttering - please keep in mind that we will host a "garage sale" when we come back in August where you can swap (& shop) for your (non-hazardous) secondary science supplies.

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.

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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.

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

• Secondary educators, please take a moment and complete the following survey intended to help us better understand and improve our efforts with Standards Based Learning. These survey results are part of a partnership with the San Diego Education Research Alliance, UCSD and results will help our district better support students, educators, administrators, and families as we improve our practice.

• Link to survey

Apply today to join the Futurelab+ Professional Learning Community to bring biotech into your high school classroom!

• 2023/24 school year program beginning with the Summer Institute, June 19-23, 2023
• No background in biotech necessary!

Teachers will receive:

· Training on an opensource biotech curriculum and hands-on lab workshops during the Summer Institute, June 19-23

• Ongoing 2023/24 school year PD programing

· Eligibility for stipends, continuing education credits, and lab supplies

· Access to a network of teachers teaching biotech

• Classroom visits from volunteer biotech professionals

The Summer Institute will be held on June 19-23 in South San Francisco. Opt-in to a Biotech Industry Week at Genentech headquarters July 17-21, and take part in ongoing 2023/24 school year events. You will receive lab supplies and materials from BABEC. Learn more and apply today to take the first step in joining the Futurelab+ community!

Teachers outside the Bay Area eligible for travel reimbursement!

Summer program offering a research experience with UCSD Research Immersion in Materials Science and Engineering - Check it out https://mrsec.ucsd.edu/rimse/. They are still accepting applications and you can request a shorter time frame for participating.

You can get more information by contacting Yves Theriault at ytheriault@eng.ucsd.

Participants in the SDNI Nanotechnology Summer Institute for Middle and High School Teachers will learn how nanotechnology content can integrate with their current California K-12 NGSS science curricula. During the program, teachers will acquire knowledge that will enable them to prepare a lesson plan that integrates nanotechnology with their science programs and implement such lesson plan during the school year 2023-2024. The instructor will be available to assist in the creation and implementation of the lesson plans not only during the training, but during the entire school year 2023-2024 and beyond.

In order to qualify, applicants must be ready to attend the 5-day program every day of the program (mandatory). Teachers must also implement their lessons during the school year 2023-2024.

No travel or lodging expenses are covered for this program.

Professional Development Credits:

Participants in this program will received 30 hours of Professional Development Units that can be reported to their school districts.

Provided Stipend/Materials:

· $500 at completion of the 5-day program

· $300 after in-class implementation of the lesson plan

· Materials for hands-on activities (up to $200 value)

The training will be online for the first 4 days and in-person on Day 5. We will prepare materials kits that teachers will use from home or from their classroom. All hands-on activities will be facilitated by live monitoring from Instructor.

Application Period: Open – ends June 16, 2023. Qualified candidates will be selected on a first arrive first enrolled basis.

To apply, please email Yves Theriault at ytheriault@ucsd.edu and provide the following information:

· Full name

· Name of School where teaching

· Grade level(s)

· Science or Math Topic(s) taught

· Please also indicate your choice of one the following week for the 5-day training: June 26-30 or July 17-21

• 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 !

Do you know why gravity is so cheap?

Because it is mass produced!

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