How do you explain global warming AND make it relevant for middle school students? First, connect two Port of San … More
Tag: NGSS
The NGSS Classroom: SDSP Tackles Argumentation in Secondary Science
(Photo by Melanie Villanueva, @MrsVchemistry) If you were asked, “Is climate change actually occurring?” would you base your answer on … More
Tapping Real Science for San Diego Classrooms
Each ONR-REAL teacher team created a poster and presented a five minute “flash talk” on their research-based lesson at the … More
In San Diego, Bringing Local Science Research into the Classroom
San Diego is perhaps best known for its beautiful beaches, sunny skies, and world famous zoo. But it is also … More
Creating New Science Lessons for San Diego: Leveraging UCSD-Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Naval Science
From the spectacular and colorful undersea world of bioluminescence to the acoustic ecology of dolphins and whales, San Diego-based science … More
Innovation and Networking at UC San Diego’s ‘Teaching for Impact’ Education Conference
Light morning drizzle and grey skies could not stop 230 dedicated educators from attending “Teaching for Impact: Innovative Practices for … More
What do Dolphins, Mud, Lasers, and Brain Waves Have in Common? Great San Diego Teachers and Scientists…
A group of enthusiastic science teachers reunited at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Museum on October 20, 2015 to share … More
NGSS POWER Grant Energizes South Bay Teachers
Picture a group of science teachers huddled together, arranging themselves as human bowling balls, billiard balls and other moving objects, … More
Helping Researchers Support Teachers to Tackle New Science Standards
Teachers crouch down; some spread out on the carpet, others lean over, straining to see from their seats a few … More
Educators Dive Deep at Annual EDS/CREATE Conference
Teachers explore an engineering design process for elementary students at “Diving Deep: Transforming Educational Practice for All Students through CCSS/NGSS” … More
