SD Unified Science
December 2023
Unified Science sparks curiosity and creativity, empowering the next generation to enact change in our local and global communities.
- Science: bit.ly/sdusdscience
- STEAM: bit.ly/sdusdsteam
Please share photos and other exciting news from your class with us! We would love to feature it!
Computer Science Week (Hour of Code) is December 4th-10th
Join millions around the globe and inspire students to learn computer science!
- View suggested activities and resources (UTK-12): http://bit.ly/sdusdHOC
- Share how you are celebrating on social media (view examples here)
- Click to learn more about #CSEdWeek
Free Discovery Lab for High Schools!
Interested in booking a Deep Sea Debris program? Now is the time! The JEM Project is generously sponsoring any San Diego high school to participate for FREE in our Deep Sea Debris program — either as a Discovery Lab at the aquarium or an Aquarium Express Outreach at your school.
In this program for grades 9-12, your students will discover how human activity is impacting deep-sea ecosystems. They will examine the stomachs of a deep sea predator, the longnose lancetfish, and collect data about their contents to understand how pollution impacts every part of our ocean planet.
California Environmental Literacy Initiative’s (CAELI) first-ever statewide environmental literacy survey.
CAELI is pleased to announce the release of California Environmental Literacy Initiative’s (CAELI) first-ever statewide environmental literacy survey. This fifteen-minute survey aims to understand how environmental literacy is being implemented in California classrooms including identifying areas of achievement plus districts that currently lack access.
By participating in this survey, teachers and administrators will contribute valuable insights that will shape the decisions and resources provided by school districts and county offices of education.
Not only will your input support the educational experiences of students across California, but you also have a chance to win one of four $250 prizes as a token of their appreciation. Thank you in advance for your valuable contribution!
To participate, please take the survey.
Visit Cabrillo National Monument (Funding Available Title 1 and 4th grade classrooms)
Cabrillo National Monument offers seven different science education programs in San Diego's only national park, including programs in their pristine tidepools. These programs are NGSS-aligned and span topics such as adaptations, climate change, and conservation science. Choose from virtual or in-person K-12 programming, all of which are free to accredited education organizations. Bus funding for Title 1 and 4th grade classrooms is available (while funds last). For more information, head to Cabrillo's Science Programs webpage.
Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Webinar Series
CLEAN is hosting a professional development webinar again this fall. We host this to help teachers learn how to use the CLEAN collection to teach about climate and energy. This fall’s webinar is:
“Introduction to CLEAN” presented by Katie Boyd
11/8/23 @6:30 PM ET/ 5:30 pm CT/ 4:30 pm MT/ 3:30 pm PT
Follow this link to the ZOOM registration page
Find more information about our webinars on our CLEAN webinar page.
Attention MS Teachers: Amplify Resources!
- Welcome to Amplify Science page - introduction and getting started resources
- Most recent Amplify Newsletter
- Caregiver Hub
- Instructional Leaders Community of Practice
- 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. Please reach out to your site Destiny contact (usually the librarian)
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 !
Pursue your passion with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance while you earn your master’s online from Miami University through the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP).
Created for working professionals, the AIP is a one-of-a-kind master’s program that immerses students in collaborative inquiry and action as they champion change. Through web-based coursework from Miami and face-to-face experiential learning and field study at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, you will connect with classmates, Miami University faculty, zoo experts, and community leaders locally, nationally, and globally.
The AIP is designed for students from a range of backgrounds and career stages. With professional and academic mentoring and self-designed Master Plans, students adapt their degree path to fit their interests in fields such as community-engaged conservation, inquiry-driven education, environmental justice, learning across K-12 and informal settings, animal care and welfare, green business innovation, climate change, urban ecology, human-nature relationships, environmental restoration, and public engagement in science.
Applications are being accepted until February 28 at http://AIP.MiamiOH.edu. Courses begin in May 2024. Applicants may contact the AIP Coordinator at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Mackenzie Borau, at aip@sdzwa.org or 760-757-8702 ext. 5757.
Graduate tuition for all programs is greatly reduced because of support from Miami University. NEW for 2024 Applicants: To help make a Miami education more accessible and affordable, the Miami University Graduate School will waive the $50 application fee for those who attend one of the following Information Sessions preceding the fee payment step of the application process: https://miamioh.edu/cas/graduate-studies/project-dragonfly/highlights-and-digital-media/informational-webinars.html
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Interested in a global classroom? Miami’s Project Dragonfly also offers global field courses, which can build toward the AIP master’s degree. Earth Expeditions graduate courses occur online and at global field sites in 15 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. http://EarthExpeditions.MiamiOH.edu
Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people each year through inquiry-driven learning media, public exhibits, and graduate programs worldwide. Project Dragonfly is based in the biology department at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Established as a state university in 1809, Miami is one of the eight original Public Ivies and has a distinguished record of excellence in research and teaching in science and science education.
