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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.

Have leftover supplies you don't need anymore? Still holding to old supplies from a course you don't teach anymore? One teacher's leftovers are another teacher's treasure!
Look at our new BUY NOTHING page, submit the form with your un-needed supplies and look at the available supplies from other teachers!

https://sites.google.com/a/sandi.net/ngss-draft-lessons/buy-nothing-sdusd

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 !

This month we are are happy to share updated resources for SBL Supports in Science on our Website. These updates include Curriculum Maps and portfolios to support the revised Critical Concepts. Each is accompanied by an introductory screencast. You will also find a template for generating rubrics as well as sample syllabus language to support SBL.

We are still working to build our banks of assessments for each course tied to the Critical Concepts. To contribute to these assessment banks, please use the forms below:

6th: https://forms.gle/j3oRau45DNKhe6oi8

7th: https://forms.gle/A5qh8JomGStZb2r96

8th: https://forms.gle/XQCBX7EimgmFzx4V7

Bio:LE: https://forms.gle/M8RBFSjMDm3Xyufd7

ChemES: https://forms.gle/uKby4y2AcGWAFTLX7

PhysU: https://forms.gle/tAs9dhxTMieBwujk8

Questions/ Comments/ Concerns? Submit this form: https://forms.gle/TWmDC8Xntx6JiveTA

If you would like to see more frequent updates on secondary science standards based grading, learning, and reporting, to help review resources, give input etc, please visit this document, which will be updated each Thursday

The Salk Introduction to Research Science Program is a hybrid STEM educational experience geared toward providing students a first look at science outside of a traditional classroom setting through hands-on and virtual experiences. The program will include scientific inquiry and communication skills, interactions with diverse mentor scientists, as well as hands-on & virtual lab simulations. This program will use Salk Education Outreach expertise in science communication to equip students with necessary skill sets that will make them better qualified candidates for future STEM internship opportunities. The overall goal of the program is to enable and encourage students that may have had limited opportunities in science with the opportunity to explore their interests and prepare for future STEM internships. Application closes May 6th. Learn more at https://www.salk.edu/about/education-outreach/programs/salk-introduction-to-research-science-hybrid-program/

Researchers from the National Science Foundation are working to develop and test performance tasks for 8th-grade students. We are looking for:

• Teachers to pilot the performance task next year (training included)
• Teachers to give feedback on the tasks and video clips of test implementation (2 hr online session)

Both opportunities are paid via stipend.

Please email tlerner@sandi.net if you are interested

May 14: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay

May 20: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay

May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay

May 23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay

Earn money while learning this summer. Participants in the hybrid SDNI Nanotechnology Summer Institute for Middle and High School Teachers will earn an $800 stipend while learning how nanotechnology content can integrate with current California K-12 NGSS science curricula.

The institute will be offered online June 20-24. A one-day, in-person, follow-up event will be scheduled at a later date. Applicants must be available to attend the entire five-day summer program, write and implement a lesson that incorporates nanotechnology, and attend the in-person event where participants will highlight their lesson and classroom implementation.

Educators will receive an $800 stipend for participating ($500 at completion of the summer program; $300 after in-class implementation of the lesson plan and attending the one-day event). Materials for hands-on activities (up to $200 value) are also provided. The application period has been extended through May 15.

To apply, please email Yves Theriault and provide the following information:

• Full name
• Name of school where teaching
• Grade level(s)
• Science or math topic(s) taught

Students investigate the path of light and shed light on how it interacts with different materials as it travels - 8th-grade class at Mann MS

If you are out of student workbooks we have a limited supply of workbooks to assist with restocking! Please email Tali @ tlerner@sandi.net for details

Apply by June 1 for up to $125 from Pet Care Trust for teachers of Pre-K to 9th grade to offset the costs a class pet (includes small mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and arachnids). https://petsintheclassroom.org

When: Friday, May 6th from 10:00am – 11:00am

Who: All 3rd – 5th grade and middle school educators and students

What: Go behind the scenes at an Amazon Fulfillment Center (FC) to see how computer science, state-of-the-art engineering, and incredible people fulfill customer orders at Amazon. If you are learning in person, only the teacher needs to register and project the tour to the class.

Register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1092663191752533261

Please see the Flyer for a three-day summer workshop for 8th grade teachers on the science of sound and music. Participants get $1,000 for being a part of the learning and leave with an 8th grade instructional unit on sound as well as several web applications to explore sound.

Salk's Education Outreach offers free training and equipment for San Diego county middle school & high school teachers to perform biotechnology activities in their own classrooms on their own schedule. We have three types of activity kits available for free-loan to teachers who have taken our free training course: DNA extraction of wheat germ, gel electrophoresis modeled using food coloring, & PCR. You can read more about each kit here.

To help us plan the best times to host these workshops please take our brief 2 minute survey: https://forms.gle/EumCWKLMKLnRGvSA6

The Watershed Connections - Reducing Pollution and Protecting San Diego Bay teaches students about the connection between water and land as well as common storm pollutants through a virtual experience. It is a presentation designed to build student awareness of their environment and the important water quality issues we face in San Diego. Our one-hour program is available for 2nd through 6th grade students located within the San Diego Bay Watershed. This program supports Next Generation Science Standards and the CA Science Standards.

If you would like to reserve a specific date and time for your school, please respond via email or phone so we can confirm your presentation. We would love to have the opportunity to share this interactive learning tool with your students! Feel free to contact us with any questions. Please kindly share this information with fellow educators and community members who may benefit from the program.

Contact Sierra Reiss sierra.reiss@rcdsandiego.org

CLEAN is putting on their regular professional development webinar series again this spring. They host this to help teachers learn how to use the CLEAN collection to teach about climate and energy. We also have a new webinar this year highlighting climate change and mental health!

Here is a link to more information on their site: https://cleanet.org/clean/community/webinars/webinars.html

ScienceBridge offers lab curriculum and training for Biology teachers with exciting lab activities to do with your students.

Bookmark the new ScienceBridge website

ScienceBridge will hold an in-person teacher training for 2 of their kits on May 14th, 8:30am – 1:00pm at Mira Mesa High School. Please see the website for details.

SPARK is a student organization at the University of California, San Diego. This organization is a science theater outreach program with the goal of sparking students’ interest in STEM fields at an earlier age. The program is free and due to the Covid-19 pandemic is offered remotely via Zoom, Google Classroom, etc.

Our organization designed two science shows geared towards middle school / high school students. These interactive shows will provide students with a chance to be exposed to exciting scientific-centered scenarios that will hopefully foster their interest in STEM subjects, providing more insight into the fascinating world of science!

Click here for a brochure about the shows and their alignment with Next Generation Science Standards. For additional information please visit our website at: https://sparkatucsd.weebly.com/

Why are chemists excellent for solving problems?

They have all the solutions.

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