STEM Opportunities and Events:
SJCOE Tech Summit 2019
Digital Block Party
September 14, 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
The SJCOE Tech Summit is where teachers, administrators, curriculum leaders, and IT staff members come together to learn how to incorporate more technology in the classroom.
The theme of the Fourth Annual Tech Summit is "Digital Block Party," which puts a focus on building educational communities. Tech is a tool that helps students work together in the classroom, allows educators to collaborate with one another, and connects students to the world around them. Together we can learn how to build safe educational communities through knowledge of powerful technology and how to be a responsible digital citizen.
The summit will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the San Joaquin County Office of Education's Wentworth Education Center, 2707 Transworld Dr., Stockton, CA 95206.
We hope you can make it. It won't be a party without you.
Visit our website for additional information.
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SJCOE Summer STEM Camps for Students
SJCOE STEM Programs is please to again offer Summer STEM Camps for students in grades 2-12 in the follow areas:
- Biotechnology
- Coding (Computer Programming)
- Environmental Education
- Maker Space
- Microscopy
- Robotics
Please visit our website for more information including registration links.
SJCOE 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.
The lab has tons of high end equipment (laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC milling, robotics arenas, vinyl cutter and more than 100 computers from 3D augmented reality zSpace workstations to tiny Arduinos) to give an amazing science and engineering experience to students who come for field trips and teachers who come for training.
Visit the FabLab website for more details
Questions? Please contact Stephen Callahan at 209 468-9247.
Teachers College of San Joaquin STEM Masers Degree Program
The masters degree program at Teachers College of San Joaquin has a focus on preparing candidates for the 21st century, linked through four organizing phases: Experience, Exploration, Implementation, and Inquiry. Candidates successful in this program understand and have the ability to work collaboratively with others, apply theory and knowledge, and pursue the development of their own expertise as it relates to teaching, learning and school development. M.Ed. candidates bring their own unique academic experiences and work with an advisor to ensure the connection of those experiences to their Masters Core coursework.
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teacherscollegesj.edu
(209) 468-4926
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Biotech Summer Experience
Laboratory (LLNL) will host a Biotechnology Summer Experience for high school students (age 16 and older) to engage in a research project in molecular biology and bioinformatics.
This immersive 10-day experience runs weekdays July 15-26 at the Edward Teller Education Center, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. In collaboration with Rutgers University, this program focuses on the isolation, characterization and DNA sequence analyses of genes from the duckweed species, Landoltia punctata. Duckweed is a freshwater aquatic plant that is of interest to the scientific community.
Applicants must:
· Be 16 years or older by the start of the workshop and a U.S. citizen.
· Have a current GPA of 3.3 or higher.
· Have their own transportation to and from the workshop.
· Submit a completed application by May 20.
Applications are competitive and space is limited. There is a $25 workshop fee if accepted into the program. Lunch is not provided. Students may bring lunch or purchase lunch onsite. Students are supervised through the lunch hour. The Summer Biotech Experience is sponsored by LLNL's University Relations and Science Education Program.
Visit the LLNL Science Education Program website for more information about this and other educational outreach programs, or contact albala1@llnl.gov (Joanna Albala), LLNL Science Education Program manager, at (925) 422-6803.
Teachers College of San Joaquin's New Environmental Literacy, M.Ed. Program
TCSJ is so excited to launch its new M.Ed. Program concentration: Environmental Literacy
The program was developed in response to SB720 (signed into law in fall 2018) requiring local educational agencies throughout the state of CA to provide environmental education instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 through 12, inclusive. This degree will develop educators’ expertise in Environmental Literacy and prepare them to assume leadership roles.
Program Description:
The Environmental Literacy M.Ed. coursework examines the close intersections between peoples, societies, and natural systems, and how to relate within those systems in a humble, sustainable matter. Educators learn to develop integrated curricula and learning opportunities that nurture K-12 students’ understanding of the natural world outside the classroom, expand critical thinking skills, and prepare engaged citizens. Graduates have expertise in developing, implementing, and sustaining capacity building plans for Environmental Literacy programs within an organization, such as a school district.
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Check out their website for all of the details.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Teacher Research Academies
Summer Program 2019
The Teacher Research Academy (TRA) offers middle school, high school, and community college faculty unique professional development experiences at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL).
Register Online
These professional development workshops are aligned with NGSS and are offering the following areas:
- Internships
- Technical Writing
- Bioscience
- Modeling for Science and Math
- Fusion/Astrophysics
- 3D Print and Design
Community College Design Academy Summer Academy
For Enrolled, Degree-Persuing Community College Students
When: June 24-28, 2019
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Livermore Lab
Register Online by June 17, 2019
For more information contact:
Joanna Albala, Ph.D.
Manager, Science Education Program
STEM-Education@llnl.gov | 925.422.6803
Forestry Institute for Teachers (FIT) Applications Are Being Accepted
Hands on training in:
- Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS
- Common Core
- Project Learning Tree
- Project WET
Application
*$25 application fee
Space Science and the NGSS: Bring the Universe Into Your Classroom!
from the Teacher Learning Center at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
This 4-day Institute will cover classroom tested, inquiry-rich activities designed to help students actively investigate space science phenomena through three-dimensional learning supporting the Next Generation Science Standards. Institute strands include: Astronomy and the NGSS, tools of the astronomer: telescopes and spectroscopes, exploring the solar system, cross-curricular and STEAM integration, solar and lunar eclipses, stars, and MORE!
When: Monday-Thursday, July 29-August 1, 2019, 8:30am - 4:00pm
Where: the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA
Who: K-12 teachers, and those who work with them
Registration: $195 (includes activity materials, 12 Galileoscopes, and more!)
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Two semester units of graduate credit available through the University of the Pacific
For more information: https://bit.ly/2stXmaA
or email Brian at bkruse@astrosociety.org
The Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE)
NGSS Performance Assessment Design Studio
August 5-7, 2019
The Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) is excited to announce plans for an NGSS Performance Assessment design studio on the Stanford University campus! Teams of 2-5 participants from CA districts to bring a draft science performance assessment with a sample of student data (at least 20 students) to engage in collaborative analysis and review.
Possibilities for draft tasks:
NGSS Performance Assessment Design Studio
August 5-7, 2019
The Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) is excited to announce plans for an NGSS Performance Assessment design studio on the Stanford University campus! Teams of 2-5 participants from CA districts to bring a draft science performance assessment with a sample of student data (at least 20 students) to engage in collaborative analysis and review.
Possibilities for draft tasks:
- a performance assessment that you designed and plan to revise and use in your school or district
- a performance assessment that you found and you would like to revise to make sure it supports NGSS learning
- One of the SNAP performance assessments that you would like to revise and modify for use in your school
- Engage in a rigorous analysis and revision of a performance task and scoring guide using evidence from pilot student data.
- Support design teams in adapting this process for use in states and districts.
- Continue building a community of science assessment professionals to support each other in building high-quality NGSS performance assessments.
The California Environmental Phenomena Summit's in Santa Cruz!
October 3-4, 2019
Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Spend two days collaborating with local science experts and other educators from the region. Learn about local, environmentally-focused phenomena. Deepen your understanding of phenomena and California's Environmental Principles and Concepts. Contribute to a resource that will be shared with other educators.
Designed for K-12 Classroom Teachers and out-of-school educators experienced with NGSS and interested in environmental phenomena.
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