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6/5 OR 8/5 | 8:30-12 | @ Taft Middle | Paid at Workshop Rate |

Register Today on Professional Learning: #16004 Summer Science Summit

• Tuesday, August 5th from 1:00-4:00pm at Taft Middle School

• View AI Expo Flyer

• Register in Professional Learning, Section #36718

• Certificated teachers will be paid workshop rate for attending.

Please see the flyer for information on our annual teacher training on Saturday, June 7, 2025, for both veteran teachers who would like a refresher and for new teachers to ScienceBridge! We highly encourage anyone who has not trained on the Bacterial Transformation and Enzyme kits to sign up for this spring training, since teachers who participate in the training sessions will receive priority access to kit ordering. Please feel free to share the attached flyer with teachers whom you think would be interested.

ScienceBridge Annual Teacher Training Workshop

Date: Saturday, June 7, 8:30am-1:00pm

Location: Mira Mesa High School

10510 Marauder Way San Diego, CA 92126

Kit Training: Bacterial Transformation (8:30am - 10:45am) and Enzyme (10:30am -1:00pm)

Please register here: registration form

The Unified Science Team has partnered with Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography to develop some really cool ocean and climate science lessons that are ready for use in your high school science classes! Check them out here.

DRS Daylight Solutions is looking for opportunities to engage the San Diego youth with photonics-based demos and presentations. They have a travelling demo setup that they have taken to previous county-wide STEM events, such as the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering, that focuses on hands-on learning about basic principles of optics and laser beams. In particular, they are looking for events where they can bring hands-on demos to a school setting for 1-3 hours, such as science fairs or classroom visits, sometime between the months of August and November 2025. We are also open to hearing about other STEM opportunities in the community that might benefit from our participation. If interested, please contact Ted Stinson ted.stinson@drs.com

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.

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.

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

Sign up.

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.

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Why didn't the sun go to college?

It already had like a million degrees.