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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.

Thank you so much for supporting our Science Materials Swap! Lots of great materials found new homes! We plan to host more of these events in the future - stay tuned!

https://www.pasco.com/training-and-events.

Thursday Sept 14, 2023 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101

San Diego County educators! Spend a FREE evening at the Fleet Science Center! Tour the galleries, preview our school programs, professional development, create something amazing in Studio X, and learn about our member benefits, accessibility mornings, and special events. Enjoy refreshments and maybe win a raffle. Check out the flyer here

October 3rd: https://aquarium.ucsd.edu/events/teacher-appreciation-night.

Ten middle school teachers from eight states have been selected to participate in the prestigious National STEM Scholar Program, a unique professional development program providing advanced STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) training, national network building and project support for middle school science teachers nationwide.

https://nationalstemcellfoundation.org/news/national-stem-scholars-announced-for-2023/

Learn nature journaling skills and activities that you can use with your students, all while exploring the biodiversity of San Diego with like-minded educators. Nature journaling improves our observation skills and piques our curiosity, leading us to ask questions about and have stronger connections to nature. It also helps calm our nervous system, and inspires creativity and independent thinking.

Sessions will be held every second Saturday of the month from 9 to 11 a.m.

• Sept. 9: Buena Vista Lagoon
• Oct. 14: Rancho Penasquitos
• Nov. 11: Balboa Park

Have questions? Email Info@sdchildrenandnature.org or register here for Nature Journaling Club.

This one-day professional learning for K-8 teachers will be offered at a variety of locations in Southern California during 2023-2024. We will focus on environmental literacy in science and how to use your campus as an outdoor classroom. Identify local environmental phenomena and get tips on connecting with community partners. Learn from experts in the field and collaborate with other classroom educators from across Southern California. Substitutes will be reimbursed!

• Sept. 26 in Idyllwild at the UC James Reserve
• Jan. 25, 2024, in San Diego at the Coastal Roots Farm

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

• 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 !

A group of protesters in front of a physics lab:

"What do we want? Time travel! When do we want it? Irrelevant!"

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