SD Unified Science

Our teachers rock year round, but May calls for some extra appreciation. Check out the offers below for local opportunities to feel like the Rock Star you are!

• Free SeaWorld Admission for Teachers
• Become a Teacher Partner at Fleet Science Center
• Nominate a colleague for a free stay at the Hotel Solamar
• Visit the USS Midway Museum for Free

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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.

Take your teaching about climate and energy to the next level with the CLEAN Webinar Series. Check out our schedule of upcoming webinars and our archive of recorded webinars below. All CLEAN webinars are virtual and use the online Zoom platform with screen share and integrated audio.

For questions, more information, or to request a webinar for your school district, please contact us at clean AT colorado.edu.

ScienceBridge Annual Teacher Training Workshop

Please see the flyer for information on our annual teacher training in May! This is 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 Ocean Acidification kits to sign up for this spring training, since trained teachers will have priority for kit ordering. Please feel free to share the flyer with teachers whom you think would be interested in this training opportunity.

Date: Saturday, May 13, 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 Ocean Acidification (10:30am -1:00pm)

Please register here: registration form

2023-2024 ScienceBridge Kits

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to Biocom California for continuing to generously support ScienceBridge during the 2023-2024 school year! Please remember to complete the post-implementation survey for each of your 2022-2023 kit implementations to maintain your priority status for ordering. The feedback survey can be found on our new ScienceBridge website.

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.

This is a call for attendance at the workshop on May 19 & 20 (Fri & Sat) at the University of San Diego. The workshop will be 9 am - 4 pm on both days.

Purpose: Collaboration among biology teachers and artists about bringing artistic expression into biology courses to increase student participation, engagement, and learning. Teachers will learn fundamental art exercises and techniques that they can incorporate into course curriculum. Attendees are encouraged to bring ideas or descriptions of at least one assignment that can include artwork.

All art materials will be provided by the workshop.

If you would like to attend, please respond to Mike Maxwell (mmaxwell@nu.edu) by May 5 (Fri) to finalize food, parking, materials, etc.

Location: University of San Diego (Linda Vista Rd, San Diego, CA 92110). Workshop is in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall room 214 (Teaching Innovation Lab). MRH is on the west end of campus, at Marian Way and Alcala Park Way.

Parking: working on no/low cost Friday parking. Parking on Saturday is free. Details to follow.

What will be provided:

** Lunch (both days), snacks.

** Art materials (tentatively drawing pads, pencils, colored pencils).

** Project apparel.

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.

Check out this Environmental Literacy Opportunity!

Check out this opportunity! We are looking for teachers who are interested in joining Elevating Engineering with English Learners (EEELs)!

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!

Outside the Lens is offering a series of FREE two hour participatory workshops integrating VAPA with Science, Social Science, ELA, or Math. Leave the workshop with a ready media arts project aligned to the core theme and build students' STEAM skill sets, communication, collaboration, and self expression. Learn more here.

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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 !

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