SD Unified Science

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Science: bit.ly/sdusdscience

STEAM: bit.ly/sdusdsteam

• Our full logo uses hexagons to bring to mind the interrelated nature of science and utilizes a blend of the San Diego Unified palate and NGSS colors. The pink hexagon represents phenomenon based instruction, resting on the orange, green and blue hexagons representing the DCI, CCC and SEP of our science standards. The N and I connect to symbolize how science is unified across our district, TK-12 grade levels and across our different content specialties.
• The emblem incorporates the hexagons of the logo, emphasizing the orange, green and blue, to symbolize the 3D nature of NGSS teaching and learning. US stands for Unified Science. This is US.

We are on a journey this year to gather information about how to structure Standards Based Learning, Grading and Reporting in Science. In December we met with teacher leaders and volunteers in focus groups to review current support resources and iterations of Standards Based Learning, Grading and Reporting in Secondary Science. The Science Fellows worked to refine and streamline our Critical Concepts, so that what will populate into PowerTeacher Pro will represent all of our learning from the last year. In the new year, we will be building curriculum maps to assist in building a body of evidence to assess learning and curating assessments to align to each Critical Concept. Stay tuned for updates on the process and updated resources.

We expect to release the updated Proficiency Scales next month.

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

Amplify December Newsletter

Educators Network for Climate and Environmental Action (ENCEA)

https://scienceproject.cfep.uci.edu/encea/

Biocom California and San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering are hosting a T-Shirt design contest for students in grades K-12!

Students can submit a hand-drawn image or a digital creation. For the hand-drawn image, students should draw their piece on an 8.5 x 11 standard sheet of paper and send a scanned copy to contest@generationsteam.org. For a digital creation, Biocom would prefer to receive the file in an AI/vector format, but all formats will be accepted. Digital creations are submitted to the same email.

The top submissions will be put on display at the Biocom Barrio Logan STEAM Block Party, in partnership with the Barrio Logan Science & Art Expo, on March 12th. The winning submission will be featured on the Festival t-shirts distributed to all partners and given away or sold at Festival events. The classroom of the winning submission will also receive a $500 stipend for classroom supplies!

Competition Details

Where: Send submissions to contest@generationsteam.org

When: Submissions are due Thurs, Jan 13th

Students from Clairemont HS, Crawford HS, Hoover HS, San Diego Adult School, and University HS participated in Careers in Life Science and BioTechnology on December 8th!

The event was in partnership with Biocom California Institute and the San Diego County Community College District. The participants learned from professionals from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

You can view the recording here: https://sandiegounified.zoom.us/rec/share/vZwUEVhoO3mzlXwI1pqc4QBAZQVle0VSFMJK8zFEakhAhUpvA2UvwE_6NOg9mUUN.4Wj3Q3osvdmiVBpq

Our KSO based scholarships have now opened on the San Diego Foundation website -due date is on Jan 9th. More information can also be found on our website: http://kyotoprize-us.org/kyoto-prize-scholarship-program/

Kyoto Prize Scholarship applicants should:
• Be graduating seniors at San Diego County public, private, or parochial high schools
• Plan to enroll full-time at an accredited four-year university in the United States in fall
• Have a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
• Be actively involved in serving their community

Now is the time to nominate a K-6 teacher for the 2022 award! The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the nation’s highest honors for teachers of mathematics and science. Visit www.paemst.org to nominate a teacher or to download an application for yourself. The nomination period is open until January 7, 2022 and the application must be completed by February 6, 2022.

February 8 - March 15

Six study sessions of Joe Feldman’s book

Two application sessions in content areas (optional)

Link to Flyer

Watch this video to see what X-STEM is all about.

When: April 19, 2022, 9:30AM-2:00PM

Where: San Diego Convention Center

Who Should Attend: Middle & High School Students (grades 6-12)

How to Attend: Advance Registration is Required - there is NO COST to attend.

REGISTER and Learn More HERE

Parking for school buses is FREE

Envision is UC San Diego’s Society of Women Engineers’ annual, free all-day conference that educates high school girls like you about career possibilities in engineering and computer science. The day’s program will include guest speakers from industry and academia, hands-on computer science and engineering activities, lab tours, and a project team fair at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering.

Envision will be held on Saturday, January 29th, 2022 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

The Envision 2022 interest form is available at:

https://forms.gle/NN9kzovHA4WDmhKp9

We invite you to fill out the interest form so you can be notified when the official application is released.

For more information, see our website at:

http://ucsdenvision.wix.com/envision

Classroom Connections:

An opportunity for direct-to-classroom support and engagement. This year the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering will pick classroom clusters at different grade levels to cultivate STEAM excitement and to provide resources that many classrooms go without. Sponsors and community partners will have the opportunity to pick one or multiple classrooms as a part of this program. As part of the matching process, they will be guided with some curriculum ideas to create project kits for each student in the classroom. The program delivery will take place between March 14 – April 15. Depending on the COVID-19 protocols of the schools this spring, employee volunteers will have the opportunity to deliver the lessons in-person or virtually to the classes.

San Diego Science Festival | San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering

The 2021 Virtual Festival will take place March 5-13.

Welcome back to school! Salk Institute has been eagerly awaiting the return to school and our SciChats @ Salk. SciChats are a free and unique opportunity to bring a scientist into your classroom virtually. SciChats’ mission is to function as an interactive learning experience for students and a hands-on communication exercise for scientists.

Your students will be able to learn about current research, what life looks like as a scientist, and how they too can become a scientist. If you and your students are interested in a specific topic, let us know! We might have the perfect fit for you.

Request a SciChat for your classroom or alternative learning here: https://bit.ly/scichat2021

If you have additional questions, please reach out through our email, education@salk.edu

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