SD Unified Science
November 2022
Unified Science sparks curiosity and creativity, empowering the next generation to enact change in our local and global communities.
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Join us for a Book Club! Unified Science Reads! ๐๐๐
Braiding Sweetgrass
Join us to read and discuss this phenomenal book! The learning in this text will be a process, please commit to all six meetings. Books will be provided and meeting participation is funded.
Meetings will be held at Revere Center (6735 Gifford Way, San Diego, CA 92111) Room 15 from 4:30-6:00 pm on the following dates
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Sign up in Professional Learning: #15328 Braiding Sweetgrass Book Club
Questions: Email Sarah smoynes@sandi.net
Ambitious Science Teaching
Join us to read and explore this framework for teaching science! This book club experience will be most beneficial in partners or small groups. Please bring a teacher friend with you! Your partner does not have to teach the same subject/ grade but you will need to decide which course to focus on in your planning. Books will be provided.
Meetings will be held at Revere Center (6735 Gifford Way, San Diego, CA 92111) Room 15 from 4:30-6:00 pm on the following dates
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Sign up in Professional Learning: #15329 Ambitious Science Teaching Book Club
Questions: Email Sarah smoynes@sandi.net
Attention MS Teachers: Amplify Resources!
- 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.
New Professional Learning Opportunities!
- 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
Join our own Zoรซ Randall to NGSS Assessment as part of the Statewide NGSS Collaborative.
Fellow early implementer, Brenda Mueller, was a writer on the project as well!
Please share widely with anyone ready to move beyond NGSS implementation to learn more about equitable assessment systems: https://sites.google.com/view/cangsscollaborative/home
The Generation Global credential cohort from SDSU's School of Teacher Education, in collaboration with CGEP, is hosting a series of 4 events during the 2022-23 school year that speak to critical issues in education today, are of interest to teacher candidates, and that align with the cohort's vision. These events are open to the entire California education community, which includes faculty, supervisors, and guide teachers. Our first event is fast approaching and we have an exciting panel of experts!
Teaching & Learning about Climate Change & Climate Justice: A K-12 Imperative
- Wednesday, November 9th, SDSU in NE 60 or Zoom
- Doors open at 6:30pm and event starts promptly at 6:45pm - 8:15pm
Please join SDSU's Generation Global single subject credential cohort and their co-sponsors for an evening with experts as they discuss the critical nature of teaching environmental literacy, climate change & climate justice across subject areas and grade-levels.
Attendees of all 4 of the sponsored events will receive a Global Teacher Toolkit, courtesy of the California Global Education Project.
We want to encourage in-person attendance, but there is a Zoom option as well. Folx should register either way. bit.ly/3SBqo1r
Join The Energy Coalition in a live training webinar to receive Energy is Everything STEM lessons, material toolkits, and more!
Join The Energy Coalition (TEC) in a live training webinar for statewide California educators grades TK-12* to enrich classrooms with Energy is Everything, a TK-12 comprehensive NGSS-aligned STEM curriculum that empowers students to become smart energy managers. Energy is Everything employs hands-on investigations, action-based activities, and energy career connections.
Register for one of the upcoming training sessions through the Energy is Everything event page on Eventbrite.
Enrollment in Energy is Everything gives access to:
- TK-12th grade Energy is Everything lessons in English and Spanish
- Ready-to-teach distance learning lessons
- Lesson supplies or demonstration kit for hands-on, engaging lessons
- Professional development opportunities
- Ongoing support from program staff
- $25 stipend upon enrolling and completing the training**
Attending this webinar unlocks access to all the services listed above! If you have any questions, reach out to education@energycoalition.org or via text to 858-630-1780.
SDCOE Book Clubs
San Diego Science Educator Book Club
Join SDCOE Science Coordinator, Chelsea Cochrane for the 2023 Science Educator Book Club. We will meet virtually to discuss one chapter per month, January through August 2023.
This year we will read The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez. The book examines eight inventions and reveals how they shaped human experience. Each chapter is a fascinating and inspiring story that offers new perspectives on our relationships with technologies. โRamirez showcases little-known inventors โ particularly people of color and women โ who had a significant impact but whose accomplishments have been hidden by mythmaking, bias, and convention.โ
Book provided to first 10 participating educators.
Environmental Literacy Winter Book Club
Join formal and informal educators in San Diego as we read Braiding Sweetgrass. Books will be sent to the first 30 registrants.
We will meet on Jan. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Zoo to discuss what we learned from the book and how it connects to our instruction.
Register by Nov. 17 to participate.
STEPCon22
STEPCon22 is the premier student STEM conference in the Inland Empire! This free virtual experience will feature a Science Show, Exhibitor Booths, Roundtable Discussions and a variety of innovative high school learning modules. You will have an opportunity to meet scientists and engineers and enjoy thrilling presentations and demonstrations from a variety of STEM exhibitors!
REGISTRATION: Students can register themselves OR Teachers can register their class Register Today
For more information about STEP programs, visit the STEP web page.
To contact STEP: CLICK HERE
Research Study Opportunity for High School Teachers
Looking for high school science teachers to take part in a new research study. The goal of the study is to investigate how in-depth teacher professional learning in combination with a high-quality curriculum module and online mentoring by plant scientists can improve student outcomes and understanding of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. This research study is based around the award-winning PlantingScience Power of Sunlight module. This study also builds on a successful previous study that resulted in significant improvements in student outcomes. Participating teachers will receive an honorarium. And if this opportunity isnโt right for you, please pass it along to a colleague!
Free Bio + MS (Life Science) PD from Serendip Studio
You are invited to our free online PD for high school biology teachers and middle school science teachers on Saturday, December 10, 9-12 AM. (Please note that we have had to change the date of this PD from the date we originally announced.) Our PD will include:
- Negative Feedback, Homeostasis, and Positive Feedback (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/homeostasis)
- Understanding How Genes are Inherited via Meiosis and Fertilization (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/meiosisRR)
- Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/MitosisMeiosisC)
- How Chromosomes Travel from One Generation to the Next, a presentation by Dr. Mia Levine, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Please register by filling out the form at https://forms.gle/gtgrkbKsat5ZrUhm8 by December 7.
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
The Center for Excellence in Educationโs Teacher Enrichment Program has some exciting news about this yearsโ Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Application window is now open and closes February 6, 2023. You can learn more about this opportunity below or see the letter attached for more details. Click here to register.
We want to hear your highlights and recommendations!
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 !
Science Joke! ๐
What did the thermometer say to the graduated cylinder?
You may have graduated, but I have more degrees.
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