SDUSD Science

Science: bit.ly/sdusdscience

STEAM: bit.ly/sdusdsteam

Science Office Hours by appointment, please email smoynes@sandi.net

Please join us to share ideas about how to refine our existing science critical concepts and proficiency scales.

Think Tank - Offer input & feedback!

• May 18th 2:30-3:30pm Zoom Registration Link
• Asynchronous Collaboration: Padlet (includes recording & feedback from 3/24 ThinkTank)

A waiver has been submitted that would cancel CAST for the 2020-2021 school year. We await the official announcement but can move forward assuming that there will be no CAST this year.

Earth Day is April 22, 2021

• Kindergarten PSA Contest: Kindergartners across SDUSD are engaging in the STEAM Human Impact project. Students are exploring how trash affects the environment and are creating PSAs to encourage environmental stewardship. I Love A Clean San Diego is showcasing 3 PSAs on their social media accounts. Check out the project and get involved!

• Encourage families to engage in trash audits to reduce their waste. See this article for more info.

Tune in April 20-23, 2021!

X-STEM All Access is an entertaining, educational, and interactive online STEM experience for 6-12th graders. Through a series of daily livestream events, students will hear from an exclusive group of visionaries who aim to inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

X-STEM All Access 2021 is moderated by Justin Shaifer (Mr. Fascinate), who will take kids on a STEM adventure with new engaging speakers, brain breaks, and Q&A’s each day of the event.

Check this page to stay up to date on all things X-STEM All Access, like new speakers, special guests, and more!

REGISTER FOR FREE

SUBMIT QUESTIONS HERE for speakers to answer during the Q&A. Submit your questions NOW so they can be featured on the livestream!

https://usasciencefestival.org/x-stem-all-access-21/

PEAK@Home is an at-home resource available in English and Spanish for families and students adjusting to distance learning. The library of K-8 environmental STEM lessons are NGSS-aligned, environmentally focused, and easy-to-implement for non-educators. Students can explore topics related to energy, water, waste, and climate through hands-on science and engineering activities. All materials required for the lessons or lesson webinars are items that can be easily found in students’ homes. All a student needs is a little curiosity! Students can also tune in to My Energy Future webinars, where STEM professionals describe their current career in STEM, skills for success, journey into their career, and advice for students. Register to access the lessons. For more information about the full K-8 PEAK Student Energy Actions program offerings, visit www.PEAKstudents.org or contact us at education@energycoalition.org.

Registration Form | Flyer

• Paired Session #3: Snippet Apr.7 (offered at 3 p.m.); Discussion Apr 14 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

• Getting Students Outside with Science Notebooks

• Paired Session #4: Snippet Apr. 28 (offered at 3 p.m.); Discussion May 5 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

• Practicing the Practices (SEPs in Action)

Previous Science Snippet Webinars: https://www.sdcoe.net/science

Nanotechnology and Vaccine Development: A conversation with Yves Theriault (SDNI) and Michael Sailor (UCSD)

Date: April 20, 3:00-5:00pm

Cost: Free

Who: 8 HS chemistry or biology teachers

How did nanotechnology and the nature of science help scientists to create a Covid vaccine in such a short time? Come learn the science behind such a feat and participate in foundational conversations for future phenomena resource development.

Email john.spiegel@sdcoe.net to sign up

The Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP) is offering a series of free, self-paced online courses to guide teams of teachers, instructional coaches, district leaders, administrators, specialists, and others in learning how to develop and/or use performance assessments to support NGSS teaching and learning. The courses can be started and completed at any time.

Course 1: Performance assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Implications for Practice

Course 2: Developing Instructionally-Embedded Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom

Course 3: Using Student Work to Strengthen Performance Assessments for NGSS

Course 4: Developing & Using Scoring Guides to Support NGSS Teaching and Learning (coming soon!)

Visit the Stanford NGSS Assessment Project website for more information about the courses, course FAQs, sample performance assessments, and free performance-based curriculum materials.

SNAP may be available for direct support around the courses. For more information or questions, email Pai-rou Chen.

• March Amplify Science Newsletter

• 4/20 Amplify Assessments Please register in Professional Learning #14765 Amplify Science Assessments

• Back to Basics: Recorded Session
• 2021 Lawrence Hall of Science Leadership Institute session recordings

• Heading back to campus and found boxes and boxes of Amplify materials? Check out this materials list and these kit unboxing videos.Metabolism | Plate Motion | Force and Motion

The Biocom Institute is hosting the inaugural Life Science XP Education Symposium to bring together K-12 educators, partners, and industry members who are reimagining life science/biotech learning experiences in their classrooms, schools, and districts. The goal of the symposium is to experience and learn from these innovations first-hand with active practitioners and partner providers. Participants engage in a variety of professional learning and networking opportunities to connect educators, industry experts, and scientists. The virtual symposium takes place from 3 to 5:15 p.m. April 28 and 29. Learn more and register on the event website.

Check out these ideas!

Teacher Workshop Flyer | Apply/Register HERE!

This is the best workshop! If you haven't attended yet, you should consider it! If you have attended prior to 2015, they are inviting you back! Ask your principal for funds!

Any alum who has access to professional development funds can now attend TW again under our registration option! The registration fee is $2,000. Additionally, if you attended TW during or prior to 2015 you are eligible to apply for grant funding again, however keep in mind only a handful of spots are available for alum. If you aren’t sure what year you attended, just send us an email and we will look you up in our records. Applications close April 11th, 2021.

Kinder students at La Jolla Elementary are sharing their games for their "Physical Science Museum" inspired by our STEAM project Game ON! View video here!

Three new practice briefs that focus on climate and environmental literacy have been released. STEM Teaching Tools Practice Brief 68, Keeping Climate Science Learning and Instruction Focused on Creating Solutions and Building Community Resilience, provides guidance, research, and resources to educators, school leaders, and district staff. STEM Teaching Tool Practice Brief 69, Using Local Phenomena to Communicate Climate Solutions, provides research, guidance, and resources on how the use of local challenges related to climate as phenomena can provide students with the opportunity to create community solutions. STEM Teaching Tool Practice Brief 70, How can environmental educators practice intersectional environmentalism?, provides research, guidance, and resources on how environmental educators can support social justice movements.

The Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education team (SCOPE) has just launched virtual tours of the Hubbs Hall Experimental Aquarium and the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier. These short YouTube videos (16 and 11 minutes, respectively) are an excellent introduction to some of the research conducted at Scripps and are intended for a public or student audience.

​Skype a Scientist creates a database of thousands of scientists and helps them connect with teachers, classrooms, groups, and the public all over the globe. We want to give students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist and get the answers to their questions straight from the source.

https://www.skypeascientist.com/

The CLEAN Collection of Climate and Energy Educational Resources contains 700+ free, online, peer-reviewed, NGSS aligned, and ready-to-use educational resources for teaching about climate and energy including activities, lab demonstrations, visualizations, and videos which are easily searchable through various search features and tags. These resources are reviewed by scientists and educators and the collection is syndicated to the NOAA Teaching Climate Portal. @CLEANET resources are available for all grade levels and can be included in any discipline.

CLEAN Homepage: https://cleanet.org

CLEAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateLit

CLEAN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CLEANET/

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is proud to offer financial aid for students in need so that all students may have access to high-quality virtual science programming. We connect your PreK-12 students to our ocean planet through our virtual experiential learning programs, where students meet and observe ocean organisms, explore and analyze data about changing conditions in ocean habitats, or ask questions about aquarium careers and current conservation issues.

• Our programs are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and designed to be engaging for students joining virtually from their home or classroom.
• Programs are 30 to 45 minutes long and are available Monday through Friday.
• Learn more about our programs and apply for financial aid on our website. Most schools in Southern California with a Title 1 status or other need will receive full support and are encouraged to apply.

Enjoy remote learning resources, resources for teachers and counselors, as well as resources for parents at the UCTV Education Channel website. Visit the Sally Ride Science page to view investigation demonstration videos and the Women in Leadership archives.

Enjoy animated videos and activity demonstrations to support science learning in our Science @ Home and Flipside Science series. Flipside Science is a youth-powered series that tackles complex environmental topics and empowers viewers to make a difference.

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