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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.

Work collaboratively with Dr. Bernie A. Bastien-Olvera from Scripps Institution of Oceanography on May 18th to learn about climate change. This collaboration will occur virtually through Zoom, so make sure to register via the link below!

• Info: https://www.sdscienceproject.org/teacher-researcher-collaborative
• Register:https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpde2tqTMuE9UXJb_TdrnDzJCokJOpNdXT#/registration

With AP exams underway, explore how @Data_Nuggets can help meet AP Biology and other educational standards using our tables here! https://datanuggets.org/data-nuggets-addressing-science-standards/…

Middle School Science T's. Learn how to introduce CS in your class with Project GUTS in the #SummerofCS! Register for this virtual offering (wo JUN 26) at http://SeasonsOfCS.org

High school science teachers: Join educators, scientists, curriculum developers, & technologists from

@CenterForAstro

for a unique, FREE online summer workshop where you’ll learn about the new Smithsonian DataLabs. Apply by May 15

Are any of your students passionate about the environment and doing something on campus to make a difference? Do you know of a campus club or organization that promotes recycling, composting, or other sustainability initiatives?

We would like to learn what environmental issues students are interested in, how they are making a difference on campus, and any best practices that we could share with other schools, including showcasing your students’ successes. We would love to hear from you!

• Please email Sarah Diaz, Love Food Not Waste Program Specialist, at SDiaz5@sandi.net.

In honor of the late Dr. Walter Munk, the Groundswell Society is offering two $5000 scholarships to High School seniors interested in pursuing a career in oceanography, meteorology, or marine biology.

To apply, students can submit a brief bio and statement of interest to: glenn@groundswell-society.org by May 30, 2023.

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.

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!

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 !

Why did the bear dissolve in water?

Because it was polar!

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