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The 2024 Summer Physics Academy at UC Riverside is now accepting applications for its 16th edition!
Space is limited to 20 participants, so apply soon!
Online application form: https://forms.gle/vFhqQgi6aNyLZDEKA
Apply by May 24, 2024. Acceptance notification by May 30.

UCR Physics and Astronomy Department - Summer Physics Academy - 2024 Dates and times: June 24-28 - 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Location: in-person at UC Riverside Stipend: $500 for attending all 5 days The UCR Summer Physics Academy is a 5-day learning opportunity for high school physics teachers at every level of teaching experience. The academy is organized and facilitated b...

ECCLPs is bridging the gap in climate and environmental literacy, justice, and action across PK-12, Higher Education, and Community Partners at the Annual Forum Symposium May 3rd, 2024. Join (us/me) there! (reg link)

Join us at the 2023 CASE Conference in Palm Springs. Here are all the CSP sessions

CASE 2023 - CSP sessions

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The Meaning of Race: Conversations about Evolution, Biology, and Culture – UCLA Center X Join the UCLA Science Project, Faculty and Researchers for a workshop that investigates the relationships between evolution, human genetic diversity and race. Participants will leave with tools and lesson plans to deepen understanding of these concepts and the complexities of students’ lived exper...

https://centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/event/the-meaning-of-race-conversations-about-evolution-biology-and-culture/
Join the UCLA Science Project for a free workshop that investigates the relationships between evolution, human genetic diversity and race. Participants will leave with tools and lesson plans to deepen understanding of these concepts.

The Meaning of Race: Conversations about Evolution, Biology, and Culture – UCLA Center X Join the UCLA Science Project, Faculty and Researchers for a workshop that investigates the relationships between evolution, human genetic diversity and race. Participants will leave with tools and lesson plans to deepen understanding of these concepts and the complexities of students’ lived exper...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cg8w7tIejvpfNAjTMsGlOdgQrqDjq7wf/view
"CSMP Inquiry: Why Now?" is a 2-day professional learning event for instructional leaders to support K-12 educators to implement inquiry instruction in K-12 classrooms. The event is sponsored by the California Subject Matter Project and will take place at UC Riverside.

2023-3-6 Inquiry.pdf

To all High School Science Teachers!!! 🤩Year long support and stipend.
High School teachers please join us for our 2023-24 summer institute and after-school sessions to learn how to use the Understanding Global Change (UGC) framework to revise one of your units to incorporate a locally relevant anchoring phenomenon and NGSS modeling practices. Choose a lesson sequence/unit that you will be teaching in fall or winter and we will support your efforts to revise and enhance the materials!

Understanding Global Change Enroll in a year-long online PL opportunity! Collaborate with expert scientists and educators from the University of California, Berkeley to support the integration of climate and global change lessons into instructional units. We will use the Understanding Global Change framework to guide you in de...

California Environmental Literacy Initiative
Join the California Environmental Literacy Initiative’s District Innovation Hub in an interactive online series showcasing the work of inspiring equity-focused leaders in environmental literacy and school sustainability. From 4:00 - 5:30 pm, on the third Thursday of each month, you will hear in-depth accounts of district success stories, followed by informal discussions and networking with like-minded colleagues. Folks who lead, work in, or support California’s school districts are especially encouraged to join. Register here for the meetings.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CAELI District Innovation Hub Webinar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join the California Environmental Literacy Initiative’s District Innovation Hub in an interactive online series showcasing the work of inspiring equity-focused leaders. From 4:00 - 5:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month you will hear in-depth accounts of successes from across the state, follo...

Science in the River City (SIRC) new December sessions: The first is on December 6th with SIRC via Zoom next week, and our last event for 2022 is our in-person SIRC on December 13th. All of the workshops will be unique, so you can attend both!

For more details on the workshops and to register, visit the SASP website

SCIENCE IN THE RIVER CITY | SASP Science in the River City is a standards-based professional development program for K-12 science teachers that is designed to deepen teachers' understanding of science and provide innovative ideas, lessons, and strategies for teachers to use in their classrooms.

California Science project leaders proudly supporting this initiative statewide!

The California Science Project is proud to support this statewide initiative by bringing our expertise related to the California state standards, Environmental Principles and Concepts, content, cross curricular design, and professional learning.

Launching Ten Strands’ Climate Change and Environmental Justice Program for Students - Ten Strands Earlier this summer, Ten Strands convened the community- and student-centered organizations selected to create curricular resources that will help teachers increase their students’ understanding of climate change and environmental justice, leading to impactful action in their communities as part o...

https://stemteachingtools.org/pd/SessionH
New professional learning resources from STEM Teaching Tools team: how to select phenomena that drive learning with deep personal and community relevance!

ACESSE Resource H — Attending to Student Interests and Community Priorities in Phenomena : StemTeachingTools (en-US) In this workshop, we will build our capacity to identify a variety of meaningful phenomena of different types that connect to specific science and engineering learning standards. We will first explore what makes a phenomenon compelling to students and how we can ensure this happens in our classrooms...

CAST Assessment - In collaboration with California State University Northridge and the California Science Project, participants will deepen their understanding of how the CAST is designed, review science assessment data, identify resources to support high-quality teaching and learning in science instruction, learn how to use science performance tasks to support student learning all year long, and much, much, more!.

Part 1: August 23 OR 24, 2022 from 4:30-5:30
Part 2: September 6 OR 7, 2022, from 4:30-5:30
Part 3: September 20 or 21, from 4:30 - 5:30
Registration link: http://lacoe.k12oms.org/2582-220192

Assessment The receipt for your payment will be sent to the email address you used to pay for the workshop. If you have any problems making a credit card payment, please contact Cecilia Ceballos ([email protected])

https://scas2.weebly.com/scass-meetings.html
Register now for the 2022-2023 meetings of the Southern California Association of Science Specialists! the events are for free, the learning is priceless!!!😃🚀

Kick Off Event: http://lacoe.k12oms.org/1542-221599 September 15, 2022

Fall SCASS: http://lacoe.k12oms.org/1542-221602 November 17, 2022

Spring SCASS: http://lacoe.k12oms.org/1542-222010 March 9, 2023

Summer 2022 Cohort Applications Now Open
https://sdcoe.k12oms.org/1022-216330

Environmental Literacy Lessons Using Culturally Relevant Phenomena for Secondary Science Educators in SoCal - $1,000 stipend

This virtual professional learning series is designed for 9-12 science and career technical education teachers. Learning will focus on environmental literacy and climate science and change. We will also connect the Next Generation Science Standards and career technical education to the California Environmental Principles and Concepts. We further aim to connect students with culturally relevant, local phenomena to engage in science. Come and learn from experts in the field and collaborate with fellow educators to develop instructional resources for your classroom. A stipend of $1,000 will be available to teachers who participate in all of the professional learning sessions and activities. Substitute costs will be reimbursed if your school is in session. The series runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 2-5. The deadline to apply is July 1.

https://stemteachingtools.org/brief/88
Grateful to collaborate with colleagues at Stanford and Wisconsin University to publish this resource for educators.
Meaningful sense-making conversations with teachers about equity is possible!

Fostering meaningful conversations about equity grounded in teacher practice : StemTeachingTools (en-US) Meaningful conversations about equity in science education can be hard to start and even more difficult to sustain. Many teachers lack opportunities to deeply and openly discuss equitable instruction. Researchers or administrators often share equitable instructional practices with teachers with litt...

Workshop for Educational Leaders -- Educational leaders are invited to join a 2-day workshop series to explore how inquiry-based instruction fosters equity. Jointly presented by the 21st Century California School Leadership Academy and the California Subject Matter Project, this free workshop will address the following questions:
1) What does inquiry-based learning look like?
2) How do I support inquiry-based learning?
3) How can I leverage inquiry-based learning to improve access, opportunity and inclusion for student populations who have historically been marginalized and underserved?

Take a look at the schedule and register for the workshop in your region:
https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/inquirywhynow2022/schedule

UC High School Articulation - Question of the Month:
Can we move courses from area G (electives) to area D (science) in the UC A-G Course Management Portal (CMP) using a shortcut?
Yes, you can! Eligible courses have the "Move to Area D" menu option on a course or reference list. READ MORE at the link below
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1seAx1d7n0GZEAV8UsBy0VCpgxRNp7CWHFngSgf88vb0/edit?usp=sharing

UC High School Articulation UC High School Articulation Bulletin Extract for Science (area D) prepared ny Dr. M.C. Simani Questions? Please email [email protected] Check out the A-G Policy Resource Guide, your primary resource for all A-G matters. Review archived issues of the High School Articulation Bulletin. A...

UCI Science Project & The Ocean Agency Online Webinar Series: Teach the Ocean Literacy Principles to Unlock the Potential of the Ocean. Registration $10 - http://Bit.ly/UCISPTOA

Attend this webinar series for K-12 educators to teach about ocean literacy in ways that will unlock the potential of the ocean. The UCI Science Project and The Ocean Agency have teamed up to provide content support and resources that seek to activate student agency about the ocean and three major blue carbon sinks (Mangroves, Seagrass, and Coral Reefs). We will also share about exciting collaborations with Adobe to create phenomena-based investigations for students and ocean literacy storylines. Educators will learn about the United Nation Ocean Literacy Principles and the Importance of the Ocean in this first webinar with access to one of a kind teaching resources, communication toolkits, creative ways for students to take action, and more.

Event #1 Date: April 26, 2022
Focus: Communicating about the importance of the ocean using the United Nations Ocean Literacy Principles
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Location: Online through Zoom (the link will be sent out 1 week prior)
Registration Fee: $10 non-refundable (waivers available and as needed for teachers in Title 1 schools)

Only 3 registrations available for the first science cohort in our online Certificate of Advancement in Professional Development in Lesson Study Facilitation through CSU Northridge.
More info and registration available here: https://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/LSF (scholarships available, deadline March 7th, 2022)

Tell your educator friends and colleagues! Register for UCR School of Ed's K-12 Ethnic Studies Speaker Series and the Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice's next collaboration. This free and public event, "Resisting Race-Evasiveness in K-12 Education: Exploring the Intersections of Critical Race Theory and Ethnic Studies" will be held March 3, 4-5:30pm PST. RSVP here: https://mailchi.mp/6568c8fa3a22/webinar-exploring-the-intersections-of-critical-race-theory-and-ethnic-studies?e=[UNIQID……]

FREE VIRTUAL CAST Assessment Workshops
Register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-fkqsSbWZmxXkBdPVAkmBVi62TzHwuaaBynxDSWsO_ce4IQ/viewform
Sign up for any or all of our 3 upcoming online workshops:
CAST 101 4:30-5:15 pm - Choice of March 1, 2, or 3
CAST 102 4:30-5:15 pm - Choice of March 15, 16, or 17
CAST 103 4:30-5:15 pm - Choice of March 29, 30, or 31

Sacramento Area Science Project - Spring 2022 Registration for Science in the River City (SIRC) is now open! https://www.sasp-science.org/sirc
Join one or more of these online workshops to deepen your understanding of science and NGSS, and gain ready-to-use ideas, lessons, and classroom strategies. (Continuing Education Units available)

SCIENCE IN THE RIVER CITY (SIRC) | Sacramento Area Science Project Add our SIRC Spring dates to your calendar and check out these upcoming workshops! Join us this spring to deepen your understanding of science and NGSS, and gain ready-to-use ideas, lessons, and classroom strategies. Learn from the insights of local teacher leaders and university faculty, and broade...

Join the UCI Science Project and and Action for the Climate Emergency in partnership with the Worldwide Climate Teach-in event by Bard University to learn more about the climate emergency and access teaching resources to introduce your students to climate change and climate solutions. Registration Link: Bit.ly/UCISPTI
Date - March 30, 2022
Time - 3:30-4:30pm PST online