CA Science Project

Look at our Summer 2013 Programs Focus on Common Core Integrationcsp logo

June 24-27, 2013 -- Mon-Thurs, 8a-4p

Science of Earth in Balance and Science in Balance with Common Core

**CURRENTLY FULL - ACCEPTING FOR WAITING LIST**

Includes all grades K-12

  • Common Core ELA and Math Standards and Next Generation Science Standards:  Focus on Science in the English Language Arts and Math Common Core Standards
  • Life Science:   Balancing Energy Use - Plants and Animals: Homeostasis - Feedback Mechanisms; Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide balance – it’s more than just producers and consumers, Photosynthesis, Respiration, AND Decomposition
  • Physical Sciences: Balancing Forces, Atmospheric Pressure and Weather, Currents and Temperature, Balancing Chemical Reactions, Equations and Equilibrium
  • Earth Science: Balancing Cycles, Water cycle, Carbon cycle, Tectonics

Teacher Stipends $400 for all days; No program cost; 2 units of credit available ($60/ea).

$50 refundable deposit to hold your registration spot

Earth in Balance flyer and registration form.  Please register by deadline: May 30, 2013 5pm

July 29-31, 2013 plus 1 day in fall TBD

Floodplain Ecology -- K-12 Teachers

**CURRENTLY FULL - ACCEPTING FOR WAITING LIST**

  • Instructional Materials: Handouts and lesson plans, the excellent new Project WET curriculum guide
  • Raft Trip on the Sac River: study restoration of the river and the impact of flood control designs
  • Network: priceless contacts and valuable connections to other teachers of science
  • Common Core: Standards in English Language Arts will be integrated throughout; reading comprehension strategies, academic writing and discourse for EL will be included using adopted instructional materials.

PROGRAM PENDING FUNDING: Teacher Stipend $250 for all days/fall included; No program cost.

$50 refundable deposit to hold your registration spot; 2 units of credit available ($60/ea).

Floodplain Ecology flyer and registration form. Please register by deadline: May 30, 2013 5pm

August 5-8, 2013 -- Mon-Thurs, 8a-4p

The "EASY Writers" Project -- K-3 Teachers

**CURRENTLY FULL - ACCEPTING FOR WAITING LIST**

Early Access to Science for Youngsters

Explore Science Literacy:Combine Science with Common Core Language Arts Standards

  • Focus on writing in science, reading for information, science inquiry activities, engaging in dialogue using evidence, and building literacy for grades K-3.
  • Integrate Science into the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
  • Integrate Science into the Common Core Standards for Mathematics
  • Learn how to use our Library of Instructional Materials that includes: National Geographic Kits, K-5 Hands-On Lab curriculum, and Seeds of Science Roots of Reading Kits

Teacher Stipend $250 for all days/fall included; No program cost; 2 units of credit available ($60/ea).

$50 refundable deposit to hold your registration spot

"EASY Writers" K-3 Project flyer and registration form.  Please register by deadline: May 30, 2013 5pm

FOR ALL PROGRAMS: Contact Bev Marcum for additional questions, bmarcum@csuchico.edu

All registration forms can be sent to the Center for Mathematics & Science Education, mscenter@csuchico.edu, fax 530-898-4580

CMSE-CSU, Chico
Holt Hall 101
Chico, CA 95929-0530