This February and Going Forward, Let's Pledge to Highlight All of the Hidden Figures of the Past

In October of 2012, CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson appointed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to be California's After School STEM Ambassador for the 2013 calendar year. At the time Tom Torlakson stated:

"Few things are more important to children's education and to California's economy than the STEM subjects, and few people have more vision and commitment to making an impact in kids' lives than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar," Torlakson said. "I've long admired Kareem as an athlete, and I'm delighted now to count him as an ally in giving California's kids every chance to succeed, not just in the classroom, but after school as well."   

But what stood out for me most during this October 2012 CA STEM Symposium are the following two items that Kareem shared with the audience:

"If America is to maintain our high standard of living, we must continue to innovate," said Abdul-Jabbar. "We are competing with nations many times our size, and STEM learning represents the engines of innovation. With these engines we can lead the world, because knowledge is real power."

To me the most powerful part of Kareem's speech came when he stated:

 " My 7' 2" inch frame predestined my future to that of an NBA basketball player. It wasn't only my body type that led me to believe this, but it was also the era that I grew up in. As a child, I did't know that people who came before me, who had my same color of skin had done great things in Science. It wasn't until I started my college career at UCLA that I started learning about all the wonderful, amazing contributions that African Americans had made in the field of Science. If I would have known this when I was younger, maybe this would have set me off on a different career trajectory."

It was also at this conference that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed his children's book that he had just written entitled "What Color is my World? The Lost History of African 
American Inventors." He wrote this book in particular so that African American children of today and tomorrow could see that their ancestors have done great things in the past, continue to do great things, and that the students themselves can do great things in the future.

As educators, parents, community members we must make it our number one goal to unearth all of the hidden figures from the past so that no matter what ethnicity a child is that they can see that people that looked just like them have made tremendous contributions to the society that we all currently live in. 

Some hidden figures that Hollywood has currently unearthed in the movie "Hidden Figures" are:

Katherine G. Johnson an African American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the United States aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA. 

Katherine Johnson African American NASA Scientist.

Dorothy Vaughan an African American mathematician who oversaw the staff at West Area Computers and helped NASA win the "Space Race."

Dorothy Vaughan: African American NASA Mathematician.

Mary Jackson an African American mathematician and engineer at West Area Computers and eventually became the first female engineer at NASA who helped NASA win the "Space Race."

Mary Jackson: African  American NASA Mathematician and Engineer.

Watch as Sacramento City Unified School District's Office of Equity and Office of Academics rented out a local theatre and used it as a classroom to unearth and highlight yesterday's Hidden Figures.



Please remember to share the STEM / STEAM activities that you are engaging 
your youth in. We would like to share it in our STEM blog. Please also invite us 
out to your STEM events. 






STEM / Expanded Learning and Other Pertinent Articles:

1) STEM Afterschool (Change the Equation, October 23, 2014)

2) BlackMinds Matter: Supporting the Educational Success of Black
    Children in California (Ed Trust - West, October 26, 2015)

3) Ten Tips to Become a STEM Superstar
    (National AfterSchool Association article by Andy Allan, February 1, 2017) 

4) Unlocking Learning: Science as a Lever for English Learner Equity
    (Ed Trust - West, January 4, 2017)

5) 4 L.A. Colleges get $6 million grants to support Latinos in STEM
    (KPCC Staff - November 30, 2017)

6) STEMtistics (Change the Equation)

7) Not All Fun and Games: New Guidelines Urge Schools to
    Rethink Recess (NPR article by Sophia Boyd, February 1, 2017)

8) Creating a Safe Space for California Dreamers
    (N.Y. Times article by Patricia Leigh Brown, February 3, 2017)

9) Teaching Middle Schoolers to Patent their Creations
     (Edutopia article by Kevin Jarrett, February 1, 2017)

10) Gender Equity in the Classroom 
      (Edutopia article by Rebecca Alber, January 27, 2017)

11) Engaging Children in STEM Education Early!
      (Natural Start Alliance article by Joshua M. Sneideman, December 2013)

12) Get Up, Stand Up: California's Search for Education Equity
      (Public Integrity article by Susan Ferriss, February 6, 2017)

13) The Next Big Blue-Collar Job is Coding
      (Wired article by Clive Thompson, February 8, 2017)

14) Creating a Door Out of Proverty Starts with Partnerships
      (Urban Institute article by Jennifer Peck and Jennifer Hicks, 
      January 13, 2017)

15) Innovative science instruction boosts academic performance among English
       Learners (Edsource article by Carolyn Jones, January 17, 2017)

16) Talking to students about STEM fields boosts test scores and career interest 
      (U Chicago News article by Mark Peters, January 17, 2017)

17) NASA's Real "Hidden Figures"
      (Space.com article by Elizabeth Howell, January 23, 2017)

18) A Growing Threat to Quality Expanded Learning Programs
      (Learning in Afterschool and Summer Blog by Sam Phia, February 6, 2017)




STEM (and other interdisciplinary core content) Activities / Videos / Websites

1) Writing Women Back into Science History (Science Friday - Podcast)

2) 12 Poems to Read for Black History Month (Poets.Org / Poems)

3) Madiba Lessons on The Life of Nelson Mandela 
    (Scholastic Lessons - Grades 7-12)

4) Icebreakers and Energizers  (YDN Network Resources) 

5) 20 Must-Try STEM Activities for Valentine's Day
    (Science Kiddo - Activities)

6) Librarian Approved: 30 Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation
     (Mindshift - Apps)

7) Share why your students love after school! (After school Alliance Activity)

8) 27 Ideas for Kids Artwork (Buzzfeed Art Activities)

9) Crafts for Kids (PBS Kids Art Activities)

10) Black History Month Lessons and Activities  (Education World)

11) NEA: Black History Month Lessons and Resources (Grades K-12)




STEM / Educational Grants: 

1) The Big List of Educational Grants and Resources 
     (Edutopia: Updated on February 8, 2017)

2) California After School Network Funding Opportunities
    (CAN Grant Page)

3) After School Funding Database (Afterschool Alliance)

4) Grant Opportunities (Impact Foundry)

5) Bank of The West (Funding Opportunity)

6) Application for Free Computers (RRR Computers)

7) Win $5,000 with the Science Everywhere Innovation Challenge
    (Deadline: February 17, 2017)




STEM / Misc. Professional Learning Sessions / Contest / Events: 

1) Region 3 Winter Conference for MS/HS Expanded Learning Practitioners
    (SCOE: February 21, 2017 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Free Admission)

2) Chemical Reactions - Grades 3-8
    (SMUD: February 22, 2017, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Free Admission)

3) Cabbages and Chemistry - Grades 3-8
    (SMUD: March 9, 2017, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Free Admission)

4) Project WET Grades K-12
    (SMUD: March 15, 2017, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, Free Admission)

5) Put a Lid on It #2 (Engineering Everywhere) (Grades 6-8)
    (SCOE: March 21, 2017 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Free Admission)

6) Alternative Energy (Kidz Science) (Grades 3-5)
    (SCOE: May 19, 2017 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Free Admission)

7) College and Career Readiness Workshop (Grades 5-12)
    (SCOE: May 31, 2017 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Free Admission)

Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM events/activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: Expanded Learning) mdrewes@scoe.net

Tis the Season for STEM

Despite the title of this blog post; every season should include STEM. Every child should be exposed to high-quality, hands-on, inquiry-based, project based STEM activities on a daily basis. A STEM-rich background will prepare our students for the 21st century. Meaningful STEM activities will also expand our student's horizons and make them college or career ready. As the recent data from the Great Recession (2007) shows, in California, STEM  skills have stayed in demand even through the economic downturn. There were 1.4 jobs available for every 1 unemployed person that had a STEM background. In comparison, there was only 1 job available for every 4.9 unemployed people who didn't have a STEM background. The U.S. Department of Commerce also highlighted in its report STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future, that STEM jobs are projected to grow by 17% from 2008 to 2018, compared to 9.8 percent growth for non-STEM occupations. STEM workers also command higher wages, earning 26% more than their non-STEM counterparts. We can even take a closer look and look at the E (Engineering) in STEM and see why U.S. companies are lobbying for more H1B visas (the STEM pipeline in america is not producing enough engineers); in the U.S. about 4% of all bachelor's degrees are in engineering, compared with 19% in Asia and 12% in Europe.

We in the after school field have been and can continue to help turn children on to STEM by exposing them to high-quality, hands-on, meaningful STEM activities. Keep in mind though that STEM education is more than just science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; it is an interdisciplinary and applied approach that is coupled with real-world, problem-based learning (Gateways East Bay STEM Network). This means there is art, history, literacy, etc. in STEM. The more that we can weave into an activity, the more doors we can open for our students and their futures. We need to start early though, for if students are not interested in STEM by fifth grade then 92% of boys and 97% of girls will loose interest in STEM subjects.

Now let's step off the STEM data soapbox and see what after school sites in Region 3 have been up to in the last month.



Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community
Service Center

Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District

Name of School Site: Woodridge Elementary School

Grade Level of Activity: 4th Grade

Number of Students who took part in the activity: 20

Type of Activity: STEAM Circle of Pong

Learning Outcomes: Students were able to: 

• engineer a device with limited resources
• work collaboratively and communicate effectively to engineer a device
• use critical thinking skills when resources were either added or taken away
• test their engineered device and make revisions based upon observations
• able to successfully transport a ping pong ball with an engineered device

Expanded Learning students engineering ping pong transport devices.

For more information on this activity please contact Gladys Gonzalez at gladys@sccsc.org.


Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community
Service Center

Name of District: Sacramento City Unified School District

Name of School Site: John Bidwell Elementary School 

Grade Level of Activity: 3rd Grade

Number of Students who took part in the activity: 20

Type of Activity: Chemistry Lesson (Kitchen Chemistry)

Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• become more familiar with scientific terms and the scientific method
• investigate changing states of matter
• understand chemical reactions
• learn about the properties of salt and ice
• observe and improve their product using the engineering design process

Expanded Learning Program students learning about the properties of salt and ice.

For more information on this activity please contact Guadalupe Rios at guadalupe@sccsc.org.


Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community
Service Center

Name of District: Sacramento City Unified School District

Name of School Site: Caroline Wenzel Elementary School 

Grade Level of Activity: 1st and 2nd Grade

Number of Students who took part in the activity: 23

Type of Activity: STEM Balancing Robot

Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• explore the concept of the center of gravity
• to use the Engineering Design Process
• engineer a balancing robot
• explain why the robot's pennies needed to be balanced on each side

Expanded Learning students engineering their balancing robots.

For more information on this activity please contact Stephanie Vega at stephanie@sccsc.org.






STEM / Expanded Learning and Other Pertinent Education Articles:

1) 5 Reasons Your After School Practitioner is Your Biggest Ally
    (Edutopia article by Dr. Nicole Edwards, December 15, 2016)

2) 30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class
    (Edutopia post by Todd Finely, October 21, 2014)

3) High School Library Coloring Center De-Stresses Students
    (School Library Journal article by Joy Millam, December 14, 2016)

4) "Makerspaces" for science instruction also proving helpful for English learners
     (EdSource article by Pat Maio, November 30, 2016)

5) The White House Hosted an Interactive Girls Make Games Workshop
    (Amy Poehler's Smart Girls article by Trilby Beresford, December 19, 2016)

6) A shocking number of young people can't separate fact from fiction online
    (The Hechinger Report article by Nichole Dobo, November 30, 2016)

7) Laughter, Learning, and Why Teens Are Such a Tough Crowd
    (Edutopia article by Dr. Matt Bellace, October 21, 2016)

8) Kids with disabilities benefit from physical education focused on motor skills
    (Michigan Radio article by Leah Ketcheson, November 14, 2016)

9) Opportunities and challenges in after school computer science
    (Afterschool Alliance article by Melissa Ballard, December 7, 2016)

10) Ways Educators Can Respond to Student Trauma
      (Education Week article by Larry Ferlazzo, December 17, 2016)


STEM (and other interdisciplinary core content) Activities / Videos / Websites

1) Science Explorer Activities (Grades 4-8) (Exploratorium)

2) STEM Gems Activities (Grades 4-8) (National After School Association)

3) STEM Fact Sheets (Resources for Educators)

4) Design Squad Build Activities (Grades 1-6) (PBS)

5) Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences
    (Oregon State) (Grades 4-12)

6) How to Smile STEM Resources (How To Smile)  

7) Understanding the Standing Rock Standoff (with Lesson Plan)
    (KQED article by Matthew Green, December 13, 2016)

8) Seven Creative Alternatives to Showing Movies Before the Break
   (John Spencer Blog) 

9) The Honest Truth about Fake News and How Not to be a Sucker 
    (with Lesson Plan) (KQED activity by Matthew Green, December 6, 2016)

10) Prevent Bullying Webinar (After School Alliance Webinar)


STEM / Educational Grants: 

1) The Big List of Educational Grants (Updated on December 13, 2016)

2) California After School Network Funding Opportunities Page

3) After School Funding Database

4) The Impact Foundry

5) Bank of the West

6) Application for Free Computers

7) Lowe's Toolbox for Education


STEM / Misc. Professional Learning Sessions / Contest / Events: 

1) Region 3 Winter Conference for Elementary Expanded Learning Program 
    Practitioners (Free) (January 24, 2017)

2) Region 3 Winter Conference for Middle / High School Expanded Learning Program
    Practitioners (Free) (February 21, 2017)

3) 2017 Expanded Learning Symposium (February 23, 2017 in Berkeley)
    (Registration: $89 per participant)

4) CASRC Online Professional Learning Sessions (Free) 
     (Various Topics / Grade Levels)

5) CalSAC Online Professional Learning Sessions (Free)
    (Various Topics / Grade Levels)

Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM events/activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: Expanded Learning) mdrewes@scoe.net

   

November has a Cornucopia of STEM Offerings

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month. This commemorative month aims to provide a platform for Native people in the United States of America to share their culture, traditions, music, crafts, dance, and ways and concepts of life. This gives Native people the opportunity to express to their community, both city, county and state officials their concerns and solutions for building bridges of understanding and friendship in their local area.

Here are some resources that could help you and your students celebrate and learn more about Native American Heritage Month.

Native Americans have made many great contributions to the field of Science:


1) Mary Golda Ross - was the first Native American female engineer. She was one of 
    the 40 founding engineers of the Skunk Works, and was known for her work at 
    Lockheed Martin on preliminary design concepts for interplanetary space travel, 
    manned and unmanned earth-orbiting flights, the earliest studies of orbiting 
    satellites for both defense and civilian purposes.

Mary Golda Ross the first Native American female engineer.

  

2) John Herrington - Astronaut John Herrington was the first Native American to travel 
    to space. Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, spent over 330 hours in 
    space before retiring in 2005. 

John B. Herrington first enrolled Native American Tribe member to fly in space.

Let's see what STEM learning activities the Expanded Learning Program practitioners have been engaging the Region 3 students in.


Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Sacramento City Unified School District


Name of School Site: John Cabrillo Elementary


Grade Level of Activity: 1st and 2nd Graders


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 22 Students


Type of Activity: Marshmallow Towers


Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• Learn about the Engineering Design Process
• Learn about the stability of structures
• Learn how to make blue prints
• Learn how to work collaboratively
• Learn about the importance of base and foundation

Expanded Learning Program students at John Cabrillo testing their Marshmallow Tower designs.

For more information on this activity please contact Duc-Hanh Nguyen at duchanh@sccsc.org.

Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Sacramento City Unified School District


Name of School Site: A.M. Winn Elementary


Grade Level of Activity: 4th thru 8th


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 22


Type of Activity: Making Stress Bottles


Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• Learn about the Engineering Design Process
• Identify and discuss stressful situations, what causes them, the effects that they have on the body, and how to deal with them
• Learn about measurement
• Explore, test, and redesign their Stress Bottles
• Learn how to work collaboratively together
• Experience peer learning
• Learn about healthy ways to deal with stress

Expanded Learning Program students showing off their Stress Bottles.

For more information on this activity please contact Monik Vega at mvega@sccsc.org.




Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District


Name of School Site: Sierra View Elementary


Grade Level of Activity: 4th thru 6th Grade


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 20


Type of Activity: Demonstration / Experiment: Students use oil, water, and seltzer tablets to learn about the differing densities of liquids while eventually making their own lava lamps.


Learning Outcomes: Students were able to: 

• Explore the Engineering Design Process
• Create their own lava lamps using oil, water, food coloring, and seltzer tablets
• Explain the density of certain liquids
• Explore what ratio of oil and water creates the most effective lava lamps
• Collect and analyze data

Expanded Learning Program students at Sierra View Elementary exploring density and making lava lamps.

For more information on this activity please contact Ryan Mallory at ryan@sccsc.org.


Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District


Name of School Site: Noralto Elementary


Grade Level of Activity: 2nd Grade


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 13


Type of Activity: Rock Identification


Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• Learning the different between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
• Identifying 6 rocks by their features
• Seeing if the rocks react to saturated citric acid

Expanded Learning Program students at Noralto  classifying the different types of rocks.

For more information on this activity please contact Tanya Velasquez at tanya@sccsc.org.


Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Sacramento City Unified School District


Name of School Site: William Land Elementary


Grade Level of Activity: 4th Grade


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 26


Type of Activity: Taternauts Project


Learning Outcomes: Students were able to: 

• Understand the changes in the scientific method
• Understand the importance of budgeting in relation to project funding
• Understand the effects of mass and velocity on acceleration
• Collect, calculate, and input data to better their model via Project Based Learning 
• Understand why there is a need for space junk clean-up projects

Taternauts materials.

Expanded Learning Program students at William Land Elementary getting ready to test their Taternauts.

For more information on this activity please contact David Constancio at david@sccsc.org.



Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District


Name of School Site: Foothill Ranch Middle School


Grade Level of Activity: 7th and 8th Grade


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 10


Type of Activity: STEAM



Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• Students will study the structures of molecules 
• Build a molecule of their choice out of a styrofoam cup, toothpicks, and marshmallows
• Explain the structure of their molecule
• Students will be able to use correct scientific academic language when describing their molecule

Expanded Learning Program students creating their molecules at Foothill Ranch Middle School.

For more information on this activity please contact Jessica Jones at jessica@sccsc.org.



Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center


Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District


Name of School Site: Foothill Oaks Elementary


Grade Level of Activity: 4th and 5th Grade


Number of Students who took part in the activity: 21


Type of Activity: Learning about volcanoes



Learning Outcomes: Students were able to:

• Learn about volcanoes and how they affect us and the planet
• Different types of volcanoes that exist and how they are formed
• Create a volcano as a team and make it erupt

Expanded Learning Program students at Foothill Oaks learning about volcanoes.

For more information on this activity please contact Luis Ramirez at louis@sccsc.org.

STEM / Expanded Learning Program and other Pertinent Education Articles:

1) Culinary Programs Increase Student Appetites for Art, Science, Math, and Life Skills
    (The Journal of Expanded Learning Opportunities Project)

2) What do after school programs do for our youth?
    (The Journal of Expanded Learning Opportunities Project)

3) How a summer learning program helped one community's literacy problem
    (Afterschool Alliance Article by Jodi Grant, October 6, 2016)

4) Rainstorms and Symphonies: Performing Arts Bring Abstract Concepts to Life
    (Edutopia Article by Mary Gresock and Lisette Steinwald, October 5, 2016)

5) The New Focus on Children's Mental Health
    (The Atlantic Article by Emily Goldberg, October 17, 2016)

6) Kid Cudi's Mental Health Struggle has Inspired Black Men to Talk About Depression
   (Essence Article by Sydney Scott, October 6, 2016)

7) LA principal encourages students to be peacemakers, not peace breakers
    (EdSource Article by Michael Janofsky, September 25, 2016)

8) Learning In The Age of Digital Distraction
    (NPR Article by Eric Westervelt, November 5, 2016)

9) 5 Reasons Schools Should Measure Chronic Absence
    (NPR Article by Elissa Nadworny, November 3, 2016)

10) How a Happy School Can Help Students Succeed
      (NPR Article by Kat Lonsdorf, November 1, 2016)

11) Trump Brings Uncertainty To Big Education Issues
      (Education Week Article by Andrew Ujifusa, November 9, 2016)

12) 3 Ways Schools Can Be Supportive of Students' Mental Health
      (MindShift Article by Meg Anderson, September 26, 2016)

13) Feeling they are part of a group increased preschoolers' interest, success in STEM
      (University of Washington Article by Molly McElory, September 7, 2016)

14) Next Generation Science Opportunities in Expanded Learning 
      (The Journal of Expanded Learning Opportunities Project)

  
STEM (and other interdisciplinary core content) Activities / Videos / Websites: 

1) Resources to Fight Bullying and Harassment at School (Edutopia)

2) The Kindness Game Activity (Edutopia)

3) Farm to School Resources  (Farm to school, Articles, Toolkits, etc.)

4) Garden Activities (Kids Gardening, Activities)

5) Garden Lesson Plans  (Kids Gardening, Lesson Plans)

6) Build a Straw Hands-Free Holder (Design Squad, Activity)

7) Water Way Design Challenges (Design Squad, Activity)

8) How Slow Can You go? (Creativity Catapult, Activity)

9) Here's What Students Are Saying About The Election Results (NPR, Podcast)

10) College Is A 4-Year- Long Balancing Act For First-Generation Students
      (NPR, Podcast)

11) Freedom To Explore: 2 Schools Where The Students Call The Shots
       (NPR, Podcast)

12) National Science Test Scores Are Out, But What Do They Really Tell Us?
        (NPR, Podcast)


STEM / Educational Grants:

1) The Big List of Educational Grants and Resources
   (Edutopia, Updated on November 2, 2016)

2) The Impact Foundry (Grant Opportunities)

3) Walmart Foundation (Grant Opportunity)

4) Bank of The West  (Grant Opportunity)

5) Application for Free Computers (Ongoing)

6) Lowes Tool Box for Education 
    (Application opens December 18, 2016)



STEM / Misc. Professional Learning Sessions / Contests / Events:


1) How Kids Learn Conference (December 7, 2016 in SF)

    (Registration: $120 per participant)

2) 2017 Expanded Learning Symposium (February 23, 2017 in Berkeley)

     (Registration: $89 per participant)

3)  CASRC Online Profesional Learning Sessions (Free) 

     (Various Topics / Grade Levels)

4) CalSac Online Professional Learning Sessions (Free) 

      (Various Topics / Grade Levels)

Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM events/activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: Expanded Learning) mdrewes@scoe.net