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• Back to basics training recoreding and resources summer 2022
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• You can now see all our professional learning opportunities in a new calendar page
• Starting October, we will host a monthly district wide PLC as a space for collaboration with other secondary science teachers. Read more and enroll through our calendar page.
• We want to know what PD you are interested in! Please answer this one question form

We are seeking high school teachers who are interested in learning the curriculum from our Problem-Solve Like an Expert course and who would be willing to teach it to their students in the fall. For an overview of the course topics, click here.

Dates: July 24 – August 4, 2023
Time commitment: Mon-Fri (8am – 5pm)
Location: UCSD Envision Makerspace
Stipend: $6,000

We will be hosting two information sessions (12/3/22 and 12/10/22 at 11am-11:30am). Please be sure to apply before the information session to receive an invitation.

For questions please email us at precollege@ucsd.edu.

We're excited to offer two new online workshops for educators in December and January. These workshops are free of charge--see our flyer to learn more and sign up!

Mindful Modeling (K-1)

Monday, December 5th, 2022, 3:30-4:45pm
What is mindful modeling? And how does classroom discussion support K-1 students’ engagement in modeling? See how students from K-1 use scientific modeling to communicate and revise their ideas as they make sense of phenomena. Explore how to support sensemaking by analyzing and responding to student work. Learn about a discussion tool to support children’s individual and collective modeling practice.

Air is Everywhere (K-12)
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 3:30-4:45pm

How do we help students become air aware? Join us for a free online workshop to support student engagement as they observe and collect air quality data. Get web-based resources to help all grade levels make sense of air quality, and watch how all students can care for their air.

This opportunity blends science, art and youth advocacy for students and any adults who are interested in submitting work to this project:

https://www.globalchange.gov/content/art-x-climate-project-fifth-national-climate-assessment

The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition challenges K-12 students to envision a future technology through collaborative brainstorming and scientific research. Inspire a lifelong love of STEM and discovery in an engaging, hands-on way! It’s not too late to register your teams. Deadline for project submissions is January 31, 2023.

Explore the teacher competition resource page and learn how to implement ExploraVision into your classroom today! Learn More!

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 !

The University of California San Diego MRSEC Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program is aimed at providing K-12 and junior/community college educators with a summer experience in a MRSEC research lab. The participants are attached to one of the MRSEC RIMSE Summer Schools, where they receive an introduction to research in the materials science focus area of that particular RIMSE. As part of the experience, the RET participants will work on projects and modules that they can translate to the classroom at their institution. Our team of education experts in the RIMSE program will provide guidance on developing materials science content, demonstrations, and course materials that dovetail with the current California Science Education Standards.

NSF-RET MRSEC trainees will be:

• exposed to the grand challenges in the field of materials science;
• trained in computational, nanotechnological, and /or biological methods aimed at making new materials;
• provided mentoring and academic/professional development opportunities, including the potential to produce publishable research and participate in professional conferences.

Duration: June 26 - Aug. 18 (8 weeks). Participants will have the option to extend their paid laboratory research participation by up to 2 weeks (10 weeks total).
Programming: Extensive training and mentoring (by faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students) in cutting-edge materials science research is accompanied by weekly research seminars, industrial field trips, professional development workshops (safety and research ethics, science communication, information literacy, graduate school preparation), and networking/recreation. RET trainees will assist with development of one or more of the MRSEC materials science educational modules.
Expectations: Full-time commitment to extensive lab work and engagement in program activities.
Support: $900/week stipend (stipend includes allowance for meals*). The program additionally provides on-campus housing and reimbursement of travel expenses up to $500.

Details here: https://mrsec.ucsd.edu/ret/

A world of infinite beauty and discovery waits just beyond the point where we usually stop paying attention. Nature offers us peace, a rich and meaningful place to learn. There is no computer program that can replicate the richness of seeing a flower up close, the intrigue of geeking out with bugs, or the calm of laying on your back and watching clouds. The key to developing a closer connection with nature is deliberately enhancing your powers of observation and wonder. Learn how the methods of a field naturalist will help you notice more, remember what you discovered, and be actively curious. A nature journal is a lens that focuses our attention and crystalizes our observations, thoughts, and experiences. The system is creative, rigorous, and playful, easy to begin and learn, and will grow and mature over a lifetime. This site is a resource of tools for your journey. Start now: you can do this, and the world is waiting. John Muir Laws offers free online nature journaling workshops and events, curriculum and lesson plans, as well as free illustrated Crosscutting Concept posters.

The California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD) hosts a competition for high school students who want to speak out about conservation. The Speak-Off is a state-wide competition, with students across California participating. Students first compete at the regional level, with the top speakers advancing to the state competition. To make it to the state Speak-Off, you must first participate at the regional level by preparing a videotaped speech addressing the topic below.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7VbTXkyKbNkapRLyYg5Buwyjvvt4sn-iTnmy1fEENj9l0Yg/viewform

The Earth is 70% uncarbonated water.

Therefore the Earth is flat.

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