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Continue reading →: MathFest San Diego 2024
This year’s MathFest San Diego on Saturday, March 16th was a success! MathFest San Diego event is designed to engage middle school students in a friendly competition & interactive experience that will encourage collaboration & problem solving. This event is available to any middle school student in the San Diego…
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Continue reading →: The LISTEN LAB Amazing Race
Had a blast today hosting students from five different high schools at UC San Diego . CREATE at UC San Diego & UC San Diego Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP we’re delighted to provided an amazing race experience for these up and coming researchers!
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Continue reading →: Leveraging a University for K-12 Opportunities
Read the recent publication of Leveraging a University to Create Local Equity-Oriented K–12 Learning Opportunities: A Conversation Starter. This article shares our university center’s efforts to act as a boundary spanner supporting colleagues across our university to contribute collectively to more equitable educational opportunities for local K–12 students and their…
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Continue reading →: The Transfer Pathway: From High School to Community College to University of California
Are you a high school student planning to transferring to a UC after starting at a California Community College? There’s the perfect opportunity for you! Introducing The Transfer Pathway: From High School to Community College to University of California online webinar by UCOP, tailored to guide you through this important journey.…
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Continue reading →: DoD STEM Ambassador: Chris Ray
Chris Ray has spent the past 13 years teaching in a wide variety of settings including two years each in the Philippines, Nepal, and Armenia before settling in San Diego, California. Chris’s teaching career includes 6th grade math through Algebra II, public speaking, professional communication, and a math course for non-math…
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Continue reading →: CODE SI- Bilingual Family Coding Night was Success!
Background: The CODE Sí project dates back to the pre-pandemic era of 2019-2020 when the UCSD CREATE Code.org team meticulously crafted an inclusive bilingual curriculum aimed at elucidating the “Six Big Ideas” inherent in coding: Program, Repeat Loop, Code Efficiency, Debugging, Conditional, and If-Else. This initiative was further bolstered by…
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Continue reading →: Comienza con un Sueño / It Begins with a Dream
Join us from 9AM-12PM: Comienza con un Sueño / It Begins with a Dream invites the Hispanic/Latino community for a day of English and Spanish workshops meant to prepare, inspire, and inform 6th-11th grade students and thier parents/guardians to pursue post-secondary education and make their dreams a reality. Workshops include…
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Continue reading →: CREATE Academic Coordinator, Minhtuyen Mai, Ph.D., presenting at WonderCon
WonderCon features 900+ exhibitors in a 412,000–-square-foot Exhibit Hall filled with comics, original art, toys, and merchandise from many popular artists, publishers, and retailers. You can expect exclusive movie and television programming, panels featuring the top comics professionals, autographs, games, portfolio reviews, the Masquerade, and so much more. Minh’s LinkedIn…
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Continue reading →: Soaring to New Heights: the 2024 CREATE Aerial Drone Competition
By Evelyn Chavez & Nawab Mulla Starting their journey in 2019, the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation started their drone competition with VEX to introduce robotics to a variety of interested participants including elementary through college students. REC envisions a future in students teaming up, getting creative, and overcoming…
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Continue reading →: Empowering Educators: CSTA San Diego In-Person Event Recap
On February 22, 2024, the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) San Diego chapter organized an in-person event, bringing together K-20 educators, staff, and community members passionate about computer science education. Event Overview: Sponsored by UC San Diego CREATE (Code.org Regional Partner) and the VEBA Resource Center, the event aimed to…