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STEM Programs at San Joaquin County Office of Education provides professional learning for teachers and programs and event for students in the areas of science while integrating, technology, engineering, and math and environmental literacy. STEM Programs facilitates student initiatives at Durham Ferry Outdoor Education Center, The SJCOE FabLab and Outdoor Education at Jones Gulch. We also host student events such as; SJCOE STEAM Fair, Dinner With a Scientist, and STEM Camps during the school year and in the summer.

STEM Programs Mission: We provide innovative programs that empower students, educators and regional communities to engage in learning experiences integrating science, technology, engineering and math.

Distance and Online Learning Resources:

LOCkER - Learning Outside the Classroom Enrichment Resources, SJCOE
Past recordings of Region 6 STEM Distance Learning Workshops
Parent Resources by Fred Cochran, SJCOE
Exploratorium at Home
Distance Learning - SDCOE
Distance Learning: A GentlyCurated Collection of Resources for Teachers
Daily Do - National Science Teaching Association
Elementary Science Activities for Home from UCLA Science Project
Bay Area Math and Science Projects 3-Part Mini-Series of Interactive Webinars

Environmental Education at Home
Engineering At Home
Virtual Resources -TCSJ
STEM @ Home by STEM ecosystems
San Mateo COE Distance Learning for Environmental Literacy
NGSS and STEM Virtual Resources from StanCOE
Sly Park Environmental Center - Virtual Tours
NSTA Virtual Professional Development
Merced COE Health and Wellness - Social Emotional Learning Resources
CCEE K-12 Playbook for Distance and Hybrid Learning

Professional Learning

We offer a wide variety of professional learning for K-12 teachers.

Student Events and Opportunities

We offer student field trips and summer camps at the SJCOE FabLab and Durham Ferry Outdoor Education Center. Our student events include Dinner with the scientist, STEAM fair, H2O Hackathon, Vex Robotics and more.

Regional STEM Events and Opportunities

Click here to see featured regional STEM events and opportunities.

FabLab

The Fab Lab is an engineering classroom designed to "WOW." The idea is for kids to learn NGSS engineering design standards, while being amazed at their own ability to use math, science, and technology to invent something new.

Durham Ferry

The Durham Ferry Outdoor Education Center is a regional center for STEM and environmental exploration. We offer field trips and summer camps for students and professional learning for teachers in environmental literacy.

Science Camp

We seek to give students a meaningful and enjoyable environmental experience while strengthening friendships between classmates. With an emphasis on the California State Educational Standards, our program incorporates an interdisciplinary, multi-sensory, direct, discovery-oriented approach to learning.

Summer Camps

Update: Due to the COVID-19 crisis, all of the summer camps offered by SJCOE STEM Programs have been cancelled. Anyone that has already paid will be refunded. Thank you for your patience and understanding during these challenging times. We look forward to providing more opportunities in the future

Teacher Resources

We serve as a regional resource for teachers. Through our partners in educations, business and industry, we hope to connect teachers with people that help make curriculum relevant and ensure that students are learning skills that can build toward successful articulation from grade to grade, school to school and beyond.

Parent Resources

Check out these resources of activities that you could do at home with your children!

Featured this month: SJCOE Professional Development. STEM Opportunities for students, Environmental Education, FabLab, TOPS.

Volunteer With Us

There are many opportunities to volunteer at STEM Programs. We seek retired teachers, science professionals, outdoor enthusiasts and students that enjoy working with school age children.