Starry Night Hike

Enjoy twilight, stargazing, and the nighttime environment on a 3.6-mile hike. Discover how to find night sky “objects” with binoculars and hear legends associated with spring constellations of the Northern Hemisphere. Meet at the Sandy Wool upper parking lot (near dog park) with sturdy footwear, layered clothing, and water. Bring flashlight with red lens and binoculars if you have them. Reservations required.

For more information and to register, call (408) 262-6980 or visit their website at http://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/Online%20Calendar!/Pages/2013%20Online%20Calendar/May2013.aspx

This conference brings together world famous scholars, educators, inventors, and students from all over the world for a day of featured talks, workshops, and presentations. This year, we are excited to explore “Learning and Memory: The Enlightened Mind,” through the lens of Artificial Intelligence, Developmental Psychology, Neurobiology, Cognitive Linguistics, Education, and Philosophy of Mind. Our renowned speakers are listed below.

You can look forward to a full day of thought-provoking talks, dynamic discussions, hands-on workshops, and professional catering.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Ferrucci, Director of IBM “Watson” Project

Todd Sacktor, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Tyler Burge, Professor of Philosophy, UCLA

Victor Diaz, Founder, REALM Charter School

Arne Ekstrom, Professor of Neuroscience, UC Davis

Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley

William Jagust, Professor of Neurology, UC Berkeley

Terry Regier, Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley

Please join us for a day packed with fascinating information and an experience to last for a lifetime.  The cost is $5 General Admission/$20 Students.  Register at ccsc2013.eventbrite.com.

For more information, contact Kimiya Hojjat at kimiya92@gmail.com, call 916-860-9494, or visit their website at http://cssa.berkeley.edu/.

On May 8th and 9th only, NASA’s Driven to Explore mobile exhibit will be on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. On May 7th, we are having a special preview of this exhibit for our science teacher and elementary teacher friends. Staff from NASA will speak about the exhibit, and teachers will have a chance to explore the exhibit before it opens to the general public.

NASA’s Driven to Explore (DTE) mobile, multi-media exhibit immerses visitors in the story of NASA. Guests will learn about the significance of human space exploration and how NASA provides critical technological advances to improve life on Earth. The walking tour includes imagery and audio and visual technology to connect visitors with the space program, highlighting advanced human research that will ensure safe and sustainable future missions, and next-generation vehicles and surface systems destined for use exploring beyond low earth orbit. The centerpiece of the DTE is a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock brought to Earth by the astronauts of Apollo 17 in 1972, America’s last human mission to the moon. The rock is one of only eight lunar samples made available for the public to touch.

To register for this event, please click here.

This event is for teachers only. We ask each teacher to register for him/herself to assure accurate numbers for the event. Please feel free to share this link with your science teacher colleagues.
For more information about NASA exploration, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration.

Please note, this Open House includes only the NASA Driven to Explore Exhibit. The rest of the museum will not be open to the public during this time.

Adventures in Science is a conference presented by Gold Coast Science Network. There are over 30 breakout sessions, two keynote speakers, science vendors, and door prizes. A continental breakfast, lunch, parking, and GCSN membership are included.

Join teachers from the Tri-County area for our Fall Conference. The day will include workshops, vendors, and keynote speakers. Network with other science teachers from Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. You will bring home classroom ready lessons, materials, and ideas.

• Ninth GCSN Conference for K-12+ Science Educators
• Qualifies for NCLB Professional Development

For information about attending, presenting, and/or exhibiting visit http://www.goldcoastscience.org/conference.htm.

Coastal Marine Biolabs in Ventura Harbor is hosting two eight-day summer institutes in biodiversity genomics for 11th and 12th grade high school science teachers. The institute provides teachers with the pedagogical and procedural training, instructional materials, and equipment needed to engage their students in the International Barcode of Life project, a global initiative to create a digital genetic registry of Earth’s biodiversity using a DNA barcoding system.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the summer institutes are offered free of charge.  Additionally, $1000 stipends are provided to participants to help defray the cost of travel expenses.

Developed through a collaboration among academic research scientists and educators, the program curriculum is supported by a comprehensive suite of instructional materials that bridges many life science domains, including ecology, environmental science, evolution, genetics, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, and bioinformatics. In addition to its integration of content, processes, and principles from different scientific domains, the curriculum engages students in the use of interrelated scientific tools within the context of a complete and integrated workflow. This discovery pipeline culminates in the submission and publication of real data to a landmark scientific initiative of global significance.

Two 8-day institutes will be held in summer 2012:

Session 1: Thursday June 14 – Monday June 21, 2012
Venue:  Coastal Marine Biolabs
1559 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 101
Ventura, CA 93001-5302

Session 2:  Tuesday July 17 – Saturday July 24, 2012
Venue:  Bodega Marine Laboratory
2099 Westside Road,
Bodega Bay, CA 94923-0247

The application deadline is May 31, 2012.  

For more detailed information, please visit our website athttp://www.studentbarcoding.org

Coastal Marine Biolabs in Ventura Harbor is hosting two eight-day summer institutes in biodiversity genomics for 11th and 12th grade high school science teachers. The institute provides teachers with the pedagogical and procedural training, instructional materials, and equipment needed to engage their students in the International Barcode of Life project, a global initiative to create a digital genetic registry of Earth’s biodiversity using a DNA barcoding system.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the summer institutes are offered free of charge.  Additionally, $1000 stipends are provided to participants to help defray the cost of travel expenses.

Developed through a collaboration among academic research scientists and educators, the program curriculum is supported by a comprehensive suite of instructional materials that bridges many life science domains, including ecology, environmental science, evolution, genetics, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, and bioinformatics. In addition to its integration of content, processes, and principles from different scientific domains, the curriculum engages students in the use of interrelated scientific tools within the context of a complete and integrated workflow. This discovery pipeline culminates in the submission and publication of real data to a landmark scientific initiative of global significance.

Two 8-day institutes will be held in summer 2012:

Session 1: Thursday June 14 – Monday June 21, 2012
Venue:  Coastal Marine Biolabs
1559 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 101
Ventura, CA 93001-5302

Session 2:  Tuesday July 17 – Saturday July 24, 2012
Venue:  Bodega Marine Laboratory
2099 Westside Road,
Bodega Bay, CA 94923-0247

The application deadline is May 31, 2012.  

For more detailed information, please visit our website at http://www.studentbarcoding.org

Dates: July 25-27 & July 30-31, 2012

The Summer Institute for Teachers is an intensive five-day interactive workshop based on a proven and award-winning methodology called Design-Based Learning. Design-Based Learning taps students’ natural creativity to develop higher-level thinking and enhance comprehension of the K-12 curriculum.

No matter what grade level or subject you teach, supplementing your current methods with Design-Based Learning can make a dramatic difference in your classroom. By motivating students to learn, this stimulating methodology can lead to improved attendance, fewer discipline problems and high scores on standardized tests.

This course is worth four semester units and is open to K-12 educators, principals, administrators, college instructors and after-school program directors and staff. Scholarships available.

For more information, please visit www.artcenter.edu/teachers or contact Paula Goodman, Director K-12 Programs: t: 626.396.2347, e: paula.goodman@artcenter.edu.

Join us on first Monday of every month (October to May) as we host a free Educators’ Workshop from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Each educational event includes a hands-on science workshop including standard-based concepts and exploratory visits to the Center’s exhibits related to those topics. Each workshop will address a variety of concepts and their applications across all grade levels with added emphasis on avoiding misconceptions.

Feb 6, 2012: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Mar 5, 2012: Chemical Reactions (Part One)
Apr 2, 2012: Science of Spring
May 7, 2012: Dinosaurs

Visit http://www.discoverycube.org/education/teacherresources/.