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Saturday, February 3, 2024
9 am - 3 pm
Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve
2055 Pacific Beach Drive

Bird watching
Marsh clean-up
Wetlands stewardship
Science talks about marsh research
Kumeyaay tule boat build & launch
Booths from SoCal and Baja CA conservation groups


Info and registration:

https://www.sandiegoaudubon.org/news-events/upcoming-events/love-your-wetlands.html

New, complete 10 lesson sequence on the Science of Sound and Music. Join for an in-person workshop at UC San Diego on February 3rd with details on this flyer. Teachers that are unable to attend in-person, we are hosting a series of virtual workshops after school with details on this flyer.

Join the Science Department and Assessment Services to learn more about the CAST!

This workshop is an opportunity for science teachers and administrators to learn more about the structure, platform, and features of CAST including interim/ practice questions and accessibility features to support student success.

Sign up in Professional Learning! #15736 CAST 101

Check out the links below to get familiar with the platform and start exploring what supports are available!

Check ot these draft assesments - organized by NGSS Performance Expectation!

In preparation of the eclipse in April, School Specialty is carrying a variety of supplies including solar eclipse glasses<https://select.schoolspecialty.com/frey-scientific-solar-eclipse-glasses-2123910>. It will say to "sign in to see price" but District Pricing and rep contact is linked here

February 7, 2024

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Visual Science (Media Arts and Science)

How can photography illustrate the beauty of scientific principles? Explore science through visual mediums that will bring concepts to life for your students in a fresh new way. Learn and apply science concepts while creating beautiful scientific photography.

Here is the link to register on Professional Learning Section: 35100 https://sandiegounified.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/course/search/doCourseSearch?searchString=media+arts&originalSearchString=

Location: Outside the Lens, Wonder Lab, 124 14th St, San Diego, CA 92101

Questions: Lori Sokolowski, lsokolowski@sandi.net

VAPA covers the cost of your substitute

Identify ways to use stories as a way of connecting students to STEM and environmental education through engaging story-aligned activities by pairing grade appropriate literature with hands-on inquiry driven investigation easily replicated in the classroom.

Next Workshop is at the Fleet Science Center on February 15th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. We'll be paring the books: "How to Catch a Dinosaur" and "Ricky the Rock That Couldn't Roll" with STEM activities. This workshop is Free to San Diego County educators funded through a Dr. Seuss Foundation grant.

Please complete this form to register to attend the workshop. Although the intended Audience is for K-2 teachers, other grades are welcomed.

Please Register here!

We are looking for teachers who are interested in joining Elevating Engineering with Multilingual Learners (EEMLs)! This project brings together 4th grade teachers in California who serve large percentages of Multilingual Learners with leaders in engineering education from WestEd and the Museum of Science, Boston.

Interested teachers should:

• Teach grade 4 classes with at least 20% Multilingual students

• Have a strong interest in teaching engineering and/or learning about engineering education.

To apply, please complete an application by March 1, 2024 at this link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EEMLs_PilotInterestForm

Please see the flier for more information.

Questions: Nico Janik, njanik@wested.org

Ambitious Science Teaching: Planning for Engagement with Big Science Ideas

Physics Teaching Basics: The Contents of a Physics Course

Physics Teaching Basics: The Content of a Physics Course 2

• Help your students thrive in NGSS with CoTA’s hands-on, collaborative, arts integrated practices. Together we can develop K-5th student’s skills in:

  • Engaging with Phenomena

  • Interpreting Data

  • Designing Solutions

  • Supporting Claims with Evidence & Reasoning

  • Developing Models

Full scholarships offered to the first 20 educators to sign-up! ($375 Value)

More info at: cotaprogram.org/STEAM

Link to Flyer

• Welcome to Amplify Science page - introduction and getting started resources
• Most recent Amplify Newsletter
• Caregiver Hub
• Instructional Leaders Community of Practice
• 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. Please reach out to your site Destiny contact (usually the librarian)
  

Applications are open for the 2024 NYSC for high-achieving, science-oriented students. Current high school juniors. https://www.nysacademy.org/programs/nyscamp/2024-national-youth-science-camp-application/

We also want to bring to your attention our upcoming annual state wide virtual forum symposium on May 3, 2024! During this special event, we encourage PK-12 teachers to join the conference with students live during the school day, where session presenters like Melissa Cristina Márquez will share about her journey into marine biology, read her incredible new children's book, and interact directly with students!Join us for more incredible presenters who will be engaging directly with students of all ages between 9am-5pm PST in fun and inspiring ways!

This event is FREE for all PK-16 students, educators, administrators, researchers, university faculty/staff, and community partners! Registration is now open and spaces are limited so share about this incredible event today!

This year's bowl will be held on Saturday, March 2nd, on campus at the University of San Diego – we hope to see many of you there! I wanted to send over a few updates and details, I have also attached a more lengthy description of the competition, but I will try to keep this note to the action items! As always, the Garibaldi Bowl is free of charge to participate, and full of fun. We are able to provide new teams, or teams with high need graduate student mentors – these graduate students can help provide your teams with lessons, practice and help make it easier for you.

Please fill out this short team survey, linked here, to help us with our event planning! Even if you're uncertain about your participation, this will help us!

1. The Student Research Internship Program spans 10-weeks during the summer, catering to high school, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Its core objective is to prepare individuals with an interest in health sciences, statistics, and computational/computer science to emerge as future leaders in translational medical research.

1. The Medical Student Research Internship Program invites medical students to engage in an 8-week summer program. This immersive experience involves crafting and executing a distinct research project, attending translational science seminars, participating in a journal club, joining faculty round table discussions, and gaining clinical exposure guided by a physician-scientist mentor.

For further information:

• SRTI Internship Website: https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/translational-institute/education-and-training/student-research-internship/
• SRTI Brochure: https://www.scripps.edu/_files/pdfs/science-medicine/translational-institute/2023-SRTI-internship-brochure-low.pdf
• Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital Website: https://www.scripps.org/for-health-care-professionals/graduate-medical-education-gme/medical-student-rotations/scripps-clinic-and-scripps-green-hospital-medical-student-rotations

23rd Innovative Video in Education (iVIE) Awards & Student Film Festival, presented by SDG&E.

The festival is scheduled on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Location TBA.

There are many categories that you can submit your student work to

(i.e. news, PSA, animation, documentary, etc.). #LOVELECTRIC is back for a second year, with SDG&E as our presenting sponsor and asks students from ALL age groups to submit a video exploring the world of Electric Vehicles and all the reasons to #LOVELECTRIC!

Since 2001, iVIE has been showcasing videos produced by K-12 students throughout San Diego County. On average, iVIE receives 500+ video submissions from 120 teachers, 73 Schools (public and private) involving approximately 3,500 students. Submitted videos are judged by media professionals and educators curated by Media Arts Center San Diego(organizer of the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival & more).

iVIE is a K-12 student video competition and festival conceived to encourage and reward teachers and students who recognize the power of video as a creative and educational tool.

Call for Entries Deadline is April 12, 2024

$1 Entry Fee per film. Email ivie@mediaartscenter.org for more information.

Date & Location: Screening Date is June 1, 2024; Location is TBA

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY TODAY!

North Island Credit Union is encouraging college‐bound students in San Diego County to apply for its 2024 Student Scholarship Program. This year the credit union will provide a total of $30,000 in scholarships to recognize Southern California students who are motivated in their academic studies and active in their schools and communities. Eligibility includes high school seniors and community college students transferring to a four-year university who maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0, academic performance, school or community involvement, a letter of recommendation, and an essay submission. Applications are available through Friday, March 8, 2024 and winners will be announced on Monday, April 8, 2024. Interested students can find more information and apply at northisland.ccu.com/studentscholarship

We have 33 Flashlights leftover from our garage sale. All the ones I tested work, but many do not have batteries. Free to you! email smoynes@sandi.net and I will send them in school mail - first come first served!

Introducing Sphero’s new pilot loan initiative — the BOLT Power Up Program — as part of our 2023 CSForAll Commitment! This allows Title I schools, non-profits, and other youth organizations to apply to borrow a Sphero BOLT Power Pack for up to six weeks, in an effort to reach more than 1,000 new students throughout 2024.

The Sphero Power Up Program was created to help level the playing field for computer science and STEM/STEAM education and to make innovative learning more attainable. Expanding access to Sphero robots, activities, and educational content gives more students, particularly those in underfunded school districts and rural or urban communities, the chance to learn computer science and STEM using tech tools.

Learn More and Apply

Interested in booking a Deep Sea Debris program? Now is the time! The JEM Project is generously sponsoring any San Diego high school to participate for FREE in our Deep Sea Debris program — either as a Discovery Lab at the aquarium or an Aquarium Express Outreach at your school.

In this program for grades 9-12, your students will discover how human activity is impacting deep-sea ecosystems. They will examine the stomachs of a deep sea predator, the longnose lancetfish, and collect data about their contents to understand how pollution impacts every part of our ocean planet.

Request FREE Program Today!

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 !

This one is to share with your valentine,

Roses are red

Bromothymol is blue

There is no endpoint

to my love for you.

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